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Definitely not good. Just a couple weeks ago, a local (Bay Area) nationally-ranked AStock autox'er slid off the parking lot and into the surrounding curbing. The curbing destroyed all the control arms on his girlfriends Boxster, but no one was hurt.

Yikes.<p>Corey S
00 Nogaro S4

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I'm feeling a little sick.

Poor course design and no one should have been that close to the track.

Several of the track workers were on their butts.

Stupid. I hope that person wasn't killed.

Cause I heard that happened to their (well, her) Boxster. And the same thing happened in 98 with their A4 they were running in the PRO Solo.<p>**********
The Z Man

<p>Sharon
'00 S4
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all of 0.7 miles in length, not too configurable however since it's just a 7-turn loop, but nothing to run into and most people (excepting a few corner workers) would be out of harm's way.

But he left the MR2 folks for a Boxster now???<p>**********
The Z Man

I sent this to some of the other forums I am in, and they want more info. Where was this, who was involved, and what happened to them - are they ok?

This is EXACTLY why we continually WARN course workers to STAY ON THEIR FEET and be ALERT!!!! And for spectators to stay back from the track. And as the BMWCCA events get up into top of 3rd gear, sometimes even into 4th gear, we MUST be VERY safety concious!<p>**********
The Z Man

<p>Corey S
00 Nogaro S4

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I sure don't think a bouqet of flowers would work THIS time, gulp!<p>**********
The Z Man

Unfortunately that's all that I know. I saw the link posted on the Montreal Subaru Club's board. All that RealTV says is "Corvette trials mishap: Corvette leaves the race track and ploughs into spectators".
You can see towards the beginning of the clip a track worker seemingly dozing off on a chair, mere feet away from the cones..

Here is the official info from the guy at RealTV:

Corvette Autocross Incident

Date: Sept 3rd 1999

Location: Bolwing Green, KT. Next to the Corvette assembly plant.

The videographer did not know the person who was hit. He said the man bit through his tongue and suffered bumps and bruises but was otherwise OK.<p>**********
The Z Man

This is from anther list- I don't know if itv valid, but it sure sounds like it.



> Ok gang, let me give a little background info on this clip.
This
> accident happened last year during our annual Corvette
Caravan to
> the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky. An autocross
course
> was setup on a small section of parking lot at the Corvette
assembly
> plant by a few of the local Corvette clubs. This was a
Saturday and
> Sunday event. And I had every intentions of running both days
since
> they said we would probably be able to get 6 or more runs in
each
> day. I actually ran the course on Saturday. This accident
happened
> on Sunday.
>
> After walking the course I could clearly tell that the course
they
> set up was to large for the lot space and set too close to
the
> curbs. It was easy to see that a novice could get into
trouble
> rather easily. I made two runs on the course and decided that
I
> wanted no part of this particular autocross. There were three
main
> reasons. One, was that a few of the course workers were
sitting down
> at their stations! The second was that the sweeping turn
before the
> slalom had a patch of oil that couldn't be avoided the way
they had
> the course set up. No amount of kitty litter (or whatever it
is they
> used) seem to clean it up. Every time I came through that
turn I
> would get squirrelly going into the slalom and have to slow
down to
> keep from losing control (oil on my tires?). The third was
that the
> slalom was setup parallel to the curb and maybe a car length
and a
> half away from the curb. The blue vette in the clip lost
control
> midway through this slalom section, jumped the curb and hit
the
> worker who, according to spectators I had asked that
witnessed it
> first hand, had been sitting in his folding chair and was
trying to
> get up and out of the way when he got hit.
>
> Anyway, I decided to go and a least watch the Sunday
autocross
> before I left to come home and I must have arrived at the
site maybe
> a minute or two after the incident and a few minutes before
the
> paramedics arrived. The worker was unconscious but still
breathing.
> From the video it looks as though he was already standing but
I
> think if you look closely you will see what I think is a red
folding
> chair go flying in the air. Still no real sure if he was
actually
> sitting, I can only go by what I was told by a few people at
the
> site.
>
> Now let me tell you a little about Corvette events. Just as
we have
> SCCA the Corvette clubs have NCCC. This event was NOT an NCCC

> sanctioned event. However it was setup by clubs that normally
do run
> NCCC events. Just like we setup an autocross for the Year One
group
> at Commerce recently. Even though it was not SCCA sanctioned
we
> still stuck to our rules and safety methods. So what I'm
trying to
> say is that workers sitting down at their stations seems to
be the
> norm at NCCC events. Why is this? Well, NCCC events do not
have a
> run/work order. Drivers who enter these events are under no
> obligation to work! This is handled by volunteers of the
hosting
> Club. So these volunteers are asked to work a station for
hours on
> end with little if any relief. I'll have to admit, I'd be
tempted to
> take a chair and umbrella myself! However, being a little
wiser now
> I wouldn't dare be a volunteer.