Originally posted by Leslie
I've been to many autox's......and I've never seen one single person damage their car mechanically in ANY way. Only thing I've seen is tires damaged, and someone's front bumper came off cause it was half way hanging off when they started.
if you guys have ever been to the Palm Bay BCC (where they hold events on this coast), you'll notice on the far side of the course is a berm kind of thing. i've seen a miata go over it and take a chunk of dirt in his wheel. pulled the tire off the bead and everything. also scuffed up his front bumper if i remember correctly. i've also seen other minor stuff...but no major wrecks or anything.
although there's a guy with a Z06 that was racing in south florida and let a woman drive it (nothing against women drivers, this driver just happenned to be a woman). anyway, she slid it into a fence, tore off his passenger side mirror, crushed the passenger door, and bent the frame a wee bit.
p.s. this picture is the miata i mentioned. this is how we rode to wal-mart to try and get the original fixed in time for the 3rd run (although we were unsuccessful).