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 Post subject: Lowndes 1999 Calder crash
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:56 pm 
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Hey any of you guys got photos on your computers of that nasty crash ? want to show a friend that is getting into the sport and google seems to have sweet F all. i might not be searching right but any help would be great.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:04 am 
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Nah sorry mate, i do remember watching it on tv though, it was a spectacular crash.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:55 am 
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I had cut the clippings out of the newspaper an kept them. I have the full double page sequence. If i can get access to a scanner i will post em up for ya.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:26 am 
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was that th eone where he rolled it along the barrier like 6 times?

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:05 am 
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Gaz wrote:
was that th eone where he rolled it along the barrier like 6 times?
im pretty sure thats the one the boys are talking about... was a memorable crash... -in a bad way of course.. glad lowndes was allright..
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:41 am 
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And what was he driving...

vik...say no more :P :P :P

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:00 am 
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He was very lucky, you only need to remember how the other drivers immediately stopped to help, you don't often see that.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:31 am 
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Gaz wrote:
was that th eone where he rolled it along the barrier like 6 times?

Yep that is the one.
Although there have been far worse since.
Like the Morris and Larkham crash when it ruptured the fuel cell and burst into flames.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:32 am 
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nohting on you-tube ?

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:14 pm 
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:04 pm 
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Gaz wrote:
was that th eone where he rolled it along the barrier like 6 times?

Yep that is the one.
Although there have been far worse since.
Like the Morris and Larkham crash when it ruptured the fuel cell and burst into flames.


I've got that one and a compilation that someone put together of some of the most spectacular crashes in the V8s. Strangley Lowndes' big one is missing :?

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:00 pm 
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murphy-bargwana is another big one. whole diff got torn aout of bargs car. nearly biffo in pit lane after as well.

that event at calder in 99 was a classic. after lowndes rolled they red flagged it and then on the restart it nearly happened again. i think it was the two djr shell cars came together (radisich and junior). real fast learners some of those guys.

 

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Look 4 a DVD called Greatest Hits Volume One... Its got it and alot others... from 2 litre days to a few yrs back.... not a bad dvd but they show the crashes about 10 times and gets ova the top but good crashes... 1 more bad thing Greg Rust is presenting it :(

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:45 pm 
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videos are great. still pictures have more impact i think.

 

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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:37 pm 
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ScottFiske wrote:
videos are great. still pictures have more impact i think.

Dont see how u think that... but each to there own....

 

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