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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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Apparently he bought the car Thursday. Wrecked it Saturday morning at Buttonwillow. Dad and I were a corner behind him; the Rx7 who was right behind him said he came over Lost Hill, got sideways, dropped a wheel, and as soon as he dropped the wheel it hooked hard. Landed on all four corners, at least 4 flips. Driver walked away, thank god.

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Here's a ***** photo of my car. I've been looking into a bigger intercooler. :gay:

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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 01:04 AM
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It'll buff out.............
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 01:36 AM
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Where've I seen that car before? I *think* I recognize the plate.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 02:25 AM
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The plate isn't from that car. It's from his other car, which he put into a tire wall the previous week at Streets of Willow IIRC. The reason he bought this car was because his other Miata wasn't going to be ready for this event.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 02:50 AM
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That ***** pic is tha ****!!!!

Crazt that he survived! I seriousy can not believe that he walked away from that.....CRAZY!

I wish i lived close to a track!!!
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 03:06 AM
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Your car is looking very good man. That sucks for him, but your car is the ****, yo.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by kotomile
Where've I seen that car before? I *think* I recognize the plate.
I was thinking the same thing
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 03:46 AM
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dude this guy has serius driving issues. WTF and what is whith the ricey chrome radiator showing in your pic
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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Bigger i/c?!


sorry, couln't think of anything witty about the wrecked miata....
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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It must have been the drag from his blingy grill yo
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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r comps and no rollbar? dur?

nice that he walked away. i'll make sure to fwd this to my gf.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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Who allows convertibles on track w/o a bar? I thought pretty much everyone running events had adopted that rule by now.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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That's one lucky dumb guy. After wrecking 2 cars in 2 weeks I hope he's banned from the track. There's no way he should have been on the track without a roll bar. I can't believe there are clubs that would allow that. I get harassed because my autopower sport isn't tall enough. Have to keep my hardtop on. I hope that scared some sense into him. Walking away from it he might not have learned his lesson though.

On your car. It looks like your turn signals are removed completely. Do you take them out for the track or do you have signals hidden somewhere?

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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 03:20 PM
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The rollbar is covered up by the softtop, which popped up while he was cartwheeling in the air. It's just a single hoop, but he would have been dead without it. It's hard to see, but it's there.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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Damn good thing he had it. Can't see with the softop mangled over it. Good to see that even single hoops like the hard bar can still save your butt. He should send pics to the manufacturer. See if he can wheedle a replacement out of them for the endorsement.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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so which person loitering in the pics is the idiot?
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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dude with no shirt....fool.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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ugly bastard.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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I can't tell if he's one of the stocky build japanese or if he's mexican. I've got about that much extra padding too but I leave my shirt on in public. Not something to be proud of.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jonnybravo
dude with no shirt....fool.


Glad he is on the west coast and I dont have a chance at being on track with that idiot.



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