Wow

[Turbodog]

link (http://www.speedtv.com/video_player/index.php?video=103373) :eek: Some ride :saywhat:

[Wheel-Nut]

WOW is right! :eek:

[KLang]

The story was even covered on CNN last night. Wild ride indeed.

Looks like the car simply broke apart. Does that happen often?

[Willam]

I heard it hit a big bump which raised the back and provided leverage since the front was down, the back tires didn't leave the ground completely and it snapped the car in two. Glad to see he was ok and back on the track.

[Gangrel]

A couple of years ago, I believe Tony Schumacher's car broke like that, too. Those rails running at those kind of speeds are generating a whole lot of downforce on the front and rear wing. The rest of the body is pretty much a tube frame with a carbon fiber shell and a steering column. If the supports in that frame go, the front and back end both try to push to the ground, and the middle is what tries to go up. When they snap like that, the crash is pretty scary. Sometimes the driver gets messed up, sometimes he walks away. Thankfully, it don't happen too often.