Chewie Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I was standing in the spectator area next to the starting grid. The session before a light blue Scooby with ENT went up in flames. The marshalls were so slow to act. Incredible! All the driver could do was watch as what started as a trickle of fire from the front driver's side got bigger. Then the very next session the drift boys with the Whifbitz RX7 went on and during the first lap at same place you could see smoke and flames from the rear nearside of the Whifbitz RX7. He stopped at more or less the same spot and the driver jumped out and stood helplessly as the fire got worse. It was deja vu all over again. Fortunately a quick thinking spectator saw two fire extinguishers in an unmanned marshals pit. He ran across the track and grabbed it. Together with one of the other drivers the put the flames out. WHERE WERE THE MARSHALLS!!!!??? [sAD][/sAD] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 OMG bad luck. Hope too much damage wasnt done. Bloody marshals are getting worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 damn:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Holy shit!!!! Really sorry to hear that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Jesus that's not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Shit, what a great shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Christ!! What if someone was trapped or seriously injured?? H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 Christ!! What if someone was trapped or seriously injured?? H. Exactly my thoughts. In both instances the nearest marshals were just sunning it up about a few hundred yards away at Camp Corner (I think it's called that). For safety reasons, the 'emergency' services had to drive clockwise around the entire circuit when it was only a hundred yards from the start grid. The unmanned marshals pit was inexcusable but fortunately a spectator had spotted the two extinguishers when we were talking about the first Scooby fire. To be fair to the marshals they were probably still getting over the activity of the first fire and were looking for full fire extinguishers when the second fire happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlT67 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Thats bad, hope that damage was minimal..! would hate to be in a position where my cars on fire in front of me and there is nothing i can do about it.... Health and safety laws are always seeming to get tighter and the health and safety representatives (i.e. the marshals) are not even there to help..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 This event just sounds like a complete joke. I've heard nothing but accidents and problems each year its been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Exactly my thoughts. In both instances the nearest marshals were just sunning it up about a few hundred yards away at Camp Corner (I think it's called that). For safety reasons, the 'emergency' services had to drive clockwise around the entire circuit when it was only a hundred yards from the start grid. The unmanned marshals pit was inexcusable but fortunately a spectator had spotted the two extinguishers when we were talking about the first Scooby fire. To be fair to the marshals they were probably still getting over the activity of the first fire and were looking for full fire extinguishers when the second fire happened. Maybe the marshals could only get to it by running clockwise round thee curcuit too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 i did wonder what car it was, what a noise from it though. it was exactly the same place and so much more smoke than the blue subaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooper-supra Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Pics>>>>>> http://mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=111458 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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