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Watch Jeremy Foley's incredible crash at Pikes Peak

Discussion in 'Car News' started by garagegeeks, Aug 13, 2012.

  1. garagegeeks

    garagegeeks The All Mighty Geek!

    Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Performance, Safety, Videos, Mitsubishi, Racing

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    It's easy to forget just how dangerous the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb can be. Those who take to the mountain do so with the knowledge that any wrong turn could send them, their car and their co-driver down a rocky embankment at speed.

    Jeremy Foley recently found that out first hand at around Mile 16 when his Mitsubishi Evolution 8 stepped off course. The car proceeded to somersault end over end down the side of the mountain, sheering off body panels and spitting parts along the way. From the look of things in the video below, the machine rolled at least seven times before coming to a stop right side up.

    Both Foley and his co-driver were air-lifted to a local hospital, but have since been released. Early reports suggest Foley escaped the calamity with a broken leg. This was his first time at Pikes Peak. If ever there were an advertisement for building a proper cage, this is it. Check out the video of the crash below.Continue reading Watch Jeremy Foley's incredible crash at Pikes Peak

    Watch Jeremy Foley's incredible crash at Pikes Peak originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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  2. escort1991

    escort1991 New Member

    Oh dang!!! That's intense.
     
  3. jjfromdlh

    jjfromdlh New Member

    Oh man, thankful they're both ok!
     
  4. cmspaz

    cmspaz New Member

    The Devil's Playground is no joke, and that corner's scary as shit.

    I've not been a fan of Evolution Dynamics, nor have I been impressed with their tuning or mechanical work... But holy shit did they figure out how to build a cage. Color me impressed.
     
  5. Derrian

    Derrian Guest

    I posted the vid on Facebook, but here it is again. I totally agree with Spaz's comment on roll cages. It probably saved their lives.

    [video=youtube;zEUrEPPABbY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEUrEPPABbY[/video]
     
  6. cmspaz

    cmspaz New Member

    Picked this up off MitsuStyle from a guys who's been to a few of our meets, and knows his shit.

    And that about sums everything up.
     
  7. cmspaz

    cmspaz New Member

    Also, on-car:
    [video=youtube;QDPKu4ydWLc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDPKu4ydWLc[/video]

    Classic Evo understeer, though it doesn't help that the corner tightens and he didn't enter it with that in mind.
     

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