Deer hit at Barber today
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Deer hit at Barber today
A local SM racer tagged the hell out of a deer coming up the hill at T3 at Barber... video is best played in slow motion! Honestly, I'm surprised that's all the damage that was.
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Yeaaah that was me.
One friend of mine working another corner described the radio chatter as:
"We have a deer"
"Where, is it on the"
"Oh he hit it!"
The guys in the announcer booth said they saw it on CCTV (there are cameras everywhere at Barber) right before it ran out. Wish we had that video! Unfortunately the front facing camera crapped out about the time I left grid...
"We have a deer"
"Where, is it on the"
"Oh he hit it!"
The guys in the announcer booth said they saw it on CCTV (there are cameras everywhere at Barber) right before it ran out. Wish we had that video! Unfortunately the front facing camera crapped out about the time I left grid...
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I’ve watched this at least 20 times now. So much better with the sound up, there are literally tears streaming down my face. You said (presumably into a radio) the only sensible thing to say in such a scenario: “I just hit a ****** deer!” Exactly the words that left my mouth when I hit one at sixteen years old, as if I didn’t believe it to be true. My guess is you were going around 90-100mph when you hit it?
Seriously, good on you for not losing the car in a spin at that crest. I’m glad nobody was hurt (except the deer I guess).
Seriously, good on you for not losing the car in a spin at that crest. I’m glad nobody was hurt (except the deer I guess).
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Yeaaah that was me.One friend of mine working another corner described the radio chatter as:
"We have a deer"
"Where, is it on the"
"Oh he hit it!"
The guys in the announcer booth said they saw it on CCTV (there are cameras everywhere at Barber) right before it ran out. Wish we had that video! Unfortunately the front facing camera crapped out about the time I left grid...
"We have a deer"
"Where, is it on the"
"Oh he hit it!"
The guys in the announcer booth said they saw it on CCTV (there are cameras everywhere at Barber) right before it ran out. Wish we had that video! Unfortunately the front facing camera crapped out about the time I left grid...
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I’ve watched this at least 20 times now. So much better with the sound up, there are literally tears streaming down my face. You said (presumably into a radio) the only sensible thing to say in such a scenario: “I just hit a ****** deer!” Exactly the words that left my mouth when I hit one at sixteen years old, as if I didn’t believe it to be true. My guess is you were going around 90-100mph when you hit it?
Looking at GPS data from qualifying I was probably going around 80 mph. Little 1.6 doesn't like to pull up that hill....
It was a pretty rough weekend even before that. The wife and I just had twins so I haven't been on track since March. The only car prep I did was changing front pads and bleeding brakes. The car was slow all weekend. I was two seconds off the pace I had last year when I ran just the TT portion of this event. At the time of the incident I was fighting for 19th of 23 cars. At least that made the weekend a little more exciting....