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Being a local in the area, I went and had a look at the accident site, it looks like the driver got into a tank slapper through the first corner and the car kicked back on him in the second (esse's, max speed due to the elevation changes and off camber nature of the raod would be less than 150) part, flicking them into the tree.

Not much left of the car to take...

Trees don't bend unfortunately.......the full impact was taken on the car...crumble zones are of no good

when the car falls apart around you....a roll cage would have saved them.

God rest their souls.

Having said that, here is what i have been saying all along about driver training.

I dont care for the driver of the Ferrari he was hooning and he has paid the ultimate price.

It is the passenger who had no reason to die. :D

I agree with AlexCim, he f**ked up, I feel sorry for all those involved but I see this on the news alot and everytime its related to drag racing.

In the article above says he bought it for prestige not speed, so looking at that statement he had little or no experience with excessive speeds not that 150 is overly excessive for a car made for 200+.

Experience is normally the killer

In WA last week some P plater in a V8 commodore killed himself and a passenger and seriously injured 2 others runnin into a tree on the straightest piece of hwy at like 2am in the morning, no traffic, again was related to drag racing.

I think the government should fund more places so people can enjoy their prized vehicles rather than spend it on a 3 billion doller advertising campain of people hooning..*cough* why do we hoon *cough*

Government needs to grow the f**k up

Edited by Hypn0tiK

yeh, wats with the freggin Herald Sun story, makin him out like some f**ing hero.

' A decade of toil to become a young, admired success story was shattered in seconds...'

this is just crap, the guy was an idiot - drag racing, and killed himself and an inocent passenger, wen its a jap car or a commordore, its lableed as an in-experience hoon driver who shouldnt be allowed on the rd. Wen its a ferrari, its a terrible tradgey that a 'success story' was killed.

condolences to the famlies.

yeh, wats with the freggin Herald Sun story, makin him out like some f**ing hero.

' A decade of toil to become a young, admired success story was shattered in seconds...'

this is just crap, the guy was an idiot - drag racing, and killed himself and an inocent passenger, wen its a jap car or a commordore, its lableed as an in-experience hoon driver who shouldnt be allowed on the rd. Wen its a ferrari, its a terrible tradgey that a 'success story' was killed.

i have to agree with you on this one :)

One little lapse in concentration at ~200kmph can easily put you into a slide & into a hard object, such as a tree, fence post, rock, etc etc.

With my knee pain, this is the sole reason (in effect) for why I am walking away from my motorcycle riding (Adelaide hills only, never metro area). I found I wasnt concentrating enough "when on full tap" due to pain and could conceivably then be a danger to myself and others.

Top skills mean bugger all if you arnt switched on 110% mentally. This goes for the standard Corolla city traffic driver to the extreme McLarens $1m supercar road driver. Crashes are caused by a lack of, or a drop in, concentration.

Smartest choice I made was to acknowledge the above fact (about not concentrating enough), and walk away from my passion, never to ride again. Always best to be safe rather then sorry - or be dead.

Concolences to the families involved.

Brendan

One little lapse in concentration at ~200kmph can easily put you into a slide & into a hard object, such as a tree, fence post, rock, etc etc.

With my knee pain, this is the sole reason (in effect) for why I am walking away from my motorcycle riding (Adelaide hills only, never metro area). I found I wasnt concentrating enough "when on full tap" due to pain and could conceivably then be a danger to myself and others.

Top skills mean bugger all if you arnt switched on 110% mentally. This goes for the standard Corolla city traffic driver to the extreme McLarens $1m supercar road driver. Crashes are caused by a lack of, or a drop in, concentration.

Smartest choice I made was to acknowledge the above fact (about not concentrating enough), and walk away from my passion, never to ride again. Always best to be safe rather then sorry - or be dead.

Concolences to the families involved.

Brendan

Agreed! but i would couple that with underskilled and bad judgement. Accidents can happened at 100% concerntartion if you are way passed your ability and enviroment .

sif even bother racing a ford if your in a ferrari :O

If you can afford a ferrari the government has already made a great deal of money out of you..

taxes and all that and allow the rich to be treated differently. They are not going to say anything bad about this ....the papers unfortunately are owned by business men who themselves drive fast prestigious cars and want to show that the rich are in a class of their own. A terrible event poor 22year old....she was the innocent one that has been pushed aside.

I wonder what would have happened if it was a relative of one of the monguls....i bet the driver would have been shown as an evil man who loved to speed.Its all about protecting their own interests Porches Ferraris Lambos maseraties etc are never going to be pulled over for a routibe inspection. The fuz know jack shit about them and are scared to find out in court when the owner confronts them with a QC at $10,000 an hour to tear the policeman/women apart.

This shit stinks.

And we are branded as hoons and our cars will be taken away.

:(

Courtesy of AAP via FerrariChat

Driver questioned over fatal 'race' crash

From: AAP

July 28, 2006

THE driver of a Ford Falcon GT sought over a fatal high speed crash that killed two people in a Ferrari has turned himself in to Victorian police.

A 42-year-old man was questioned and then released by police after coming forward at the Moe Police Station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley late last night, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said today.

The man's Falcon GT had been seized and would be checked by forensic experts today, she said.

Police yesterday said the Ferrari and a late model silver Ford Falcon GT with distinctive orange stripes were racing moments before the Italian car ran off the road and struck a tree on the Warburton Highway at Lilydale about 12.45pm (AEST) Wednesday.

The Ferrari's 33-year-old driver and a 27-year-old female passenger, died on impact.

Major collision investigation unit acting Senior Sergeant Paul Cripps told reporters yesterday police believed the cars were travelling at more than 150km/h when the crash happened.

"They were both seen together at the lights at the intersection of the Warburton and Maroondah highways, they were both seen travelling at high speed and they were both in close proximity when the collision occurred.

"We will be speaking to each and every owner of those vehicles to try to ascertain their whereabouts at the time of the collision."

Fewer than 100 Falcon GTs like the once described by police are registered in Victoria.

I don't think there's too many 42yo football players left.

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