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Old 9 Feb 2007, 02:14 (Ref:1836905)   #1
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Unusual Race Stoppages

I was thinking the other day about unusual things that have stopped races.

I'm not talking about torrential rain or collisions but unusual things.

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Taken at Phillip Island here in "Sunny" Australia in September 2004 at an Australian Superbike round there.

There had been days and days of rain prior and during the Saturday the photo was taken and the drain under the track at Turn 3 could no longer keep up with the water and started to get closer & closer to the track.

Once the water got to the white line, also the apex of the corner, they pulled the pin on racing until they could unblock the drain and pump out the water.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 09:25 (Ref:1837094)   #2
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A few years ago at Oulton (Island circuit), first lap of practice for the Legends.
The field get to (as is now) Hislop's, and completely ignore it. All of them deciding that the old way through Knickerbrook was more effective.
Red flag, everyone in the pits, pointed out as a group the "error of their ways" (with the clock still running), and they managed it correctly at the second time of asking!
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 09:34 (Ref:1837105)   #3
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Cant remember which race at The Goodwood Revival last year but it was red flagged due to an aircraft emergency. Suppose its one of the drawbacks of having a live airfield in the middle of a race circuit.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 10:06 (Ref:1837152)   #4
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Oulton Park F3/GT meeting, 2004 - the famous helicopter crash!
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 10:18 (Ref:1837165)   #5
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Oulton Park F3/GT meeting, 2004 - the famous helicopter crash!
Famous? I'd never seen that 'copter in my life before then!
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 10:42 (Ref:1837185)   #6
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Donington - green flag stopped because a spectator's car had run down the infield at the Old Hairpin, leapt a bank and ended up on the track.

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Old 9 Feb 2007, 11:21 (Ref:1837219)   #7
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Same thing happened at VSCC Cadwell about twenty years ago. A Mini hopped off the bank at the bottom of the Mountain.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 11:37 (Ref:1837230)   #8
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Couldn't start a race during last years Tour Britannia whilst at Donington because the Rescue unit had been left in the middle of the track with the engine running & the doors locked. Had to wait for someone to go and get a spare set of keys!
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 12:52 (Ref:1837307)   #9
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I know your eye sight is not that good Dave but I thought even you could tell the differance between a fire car and a rescue unit.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 13:00 (Ref:1837312)   #10
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Leave him alone - it was a vehicle and it was on track. Two out of three is not bad for a clerk.

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Old 9 Feb 2007, 13:44 (Ref:1837341)   #11
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Years and years ago at a Thruxton truck meeting. Temporary chicanes consisting of cones & tyres had been put in by posts 11 & 17 to slow the trucks down. First lap of practise for Citroen 2cv's was redded because the chief observer should have led the cars round to show them the chicanes. By the time they'd all stopped, they'd been through the chicanes, but on the restart, a red faced chief obs dutifully led them all through.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 14:18 (Ref:1837377)   #12
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Famous? I'd never seen that 'copter in my life before then!


I was going to post something in the 'Resolutions' threads along the lines of 'be nice to observers'......I've changed me mind!
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 14:27 (Ref:1837390)   #13
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Monza 1000km in 1985 (or 1986?). Race stopped due to invasion of track by tree.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 15:08 (Ref:1837416)   #14
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A few years back at Mallory when the mini's had started practice and top gate was still open. Interesting sight to see Mini's exiting esses as car were coming into the circuit.

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Old 9 Feb 2007, 18:56 (Ref:1837552)   #15
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Many years ago at Donington, the local farmer moved his cows out of a field at the rear of the Old Hairpin during a race meeting. As the cows passed the gate into the car park, they decided that the grass in the spectator area looked particularly tasty and well worth a detour.

One stampede down the bank and a hurried red flag later, Aunty Di was dispatched to sort out the mess!
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 20:26 (Ref:1837620)   #16
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some years ago at cadwell light aircraft decided to land on park straight
in middle of practice.
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Old 9 Feb 2007, 20:43 (Ref:1837630)   #17
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Monza 1000k stopped because of a fallen tree.

Pembrey a few years ago the marshall at post 5 sticks out a red flag at post 5 because he thought he heard the red flag warning buzzer. Other flag marshalls see the red at 5 & the reds go out around the circuit. Unfortunately it wasn't the red flag buzzer but a car alarm on a car parked behind post 5 - even more unfortunate it was the chief marshalls car !!
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Of course, there is always the legendary "Gimli Glider" Incident of 1983.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_glider

Of particular pride should be the paragraph near the end:

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A minor fire in the nose area was soon put out by racers and course workers on the ground who rushed over with fire extinguishers.
And here is a pictuire showing the cars stopped, with the aircraft in the background.


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Old 9 Feb 2007, 21:30 (Ref:1837668)   #19
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How about the race at Lydden that was stopped because a driver run himself over whilst attempting to put a small fire out and then the marshalls had to chase his car back down the hill!





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Old 9 Feb 2007, 23:27 (Ref:1837740)   #20
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That's a good one Matt. I just like the way that not one of the crowd has moved a muscle...!
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am i right in thinking that was actually a bloke from motorsport news or sponsored by mn, i remember them doing a write up on that incident
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Old 10 Feb 2007, 11:11 (Ref:1837972)   #22
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That's a good one Matt. I just like the way that not one of the crowd has moved a muscle...!
And the guy in the deck chair even takes a swig of beer!
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A race at Silverstone had to be stopped because Syd could not get the Jaguar fire car to move. The jag had to be towed away.
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A race at Silverstone had to be stopped before the end of the fist lap as Syd had a problem with the Jaguar fire car and could not get it away from the grid.
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Were those two incidents related?
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