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Billionaire killed in SRF Aspen race track

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 5:51 pm
by jim flynn

Re: Billionaire killed in SRF Aspen race track

PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 10:03 pm
by enzo
Read a story on this from the Denver Post that said the engine in the car was from a Toyota MR-2 rated at 165hp.

Re: Billionaire killed in SRF Aspen race track

PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:54 pm
by jim flynn

Re: Billionaire killed in SRF Aspen race track

PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:52 pm
by enzo
Watched one of the videos from their website, track does not look too safe.

Re: Billionaire killed in SRF Aspen race track

PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:39 am
by jim flynn
Agree! Not everyone uses a HANs also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_f6gjqjNU

Re: Billionaire killed in SRF Aspen race track

PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:30 am
by Bob Devol
The trouble with many of these country club tracks is that they're under the mistaken impression that because they're just out for "a bit of fun" and not intensely racing at, say, an SCCA Club Racing level that it's somehow safer.

Also, 165 HP Toyota engines in Spec Racers is going way, way beyond the chassis design in terms of potential "safe" impact force. GEN3 engines are the absolute limit.