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Old 04-26-2010, 10:15 AM
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I just have a few (taken with my phone). Not the greatest, but here goes...

New sign at Deal's Gap:


Line up after the Monster "Raul" out


This guy had an unplesant surprise; luckily no one hurt


Ron and Jeremy


Tech Day: billman at work


Huskergirl finds yet another use for the Event Guide (cooling her valves!)
Old 04-26-2010, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by smccoy,Apr 26 2010, 10:15 AM

This guy had an unplesant surprise; luckily no one hurt

This was a friend of mine who came down to see us and experience the Dragon for the first time. It was her car but he was driving. From talking to them about it...apparently they were trying to pull to the grass to stay out of the S2000 pictures and didn't see the unmarked 5' deep ditch! I'm a civil engineer and that ditch would never fly in Virginia without a guard rail. I am willing to bet it's not up to TN DOT spec either.
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How'd they get the car out?
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Originally Posted by JLUDE,Apr 26 2010, 01:23 PM
I'm a civil engineer and that ditch would never fly in Virginia without a guard rail. I am willing to bet it's not up to TN DOT spec either.
ditches like that are EVERYWHERE in Tn. FYI.
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We don't have ditches in VA we have speed bumps..... on the highway!!
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Originally Posted by Vadster,Apr 26 2010, 02:09 PM
ditches like that are EVERYWHERE in Tn. FYI.
yep!
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That ditch was about the size of the average pothole here in MI! The trick is to go faster to glide over them!
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They eventually towed them out, without any damage to the car!!!!
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Originally Posted by Luder94,Apr 26 2010, 10:58 AM
How'd they get the car out?
What Sobe said.

Amazingly the car just rode on the frame rail right out with ZERO damage to the suspension, transmission or oil pans! They had the car put on an alignment rack and it was within spec!!! I couldn't believe that. The only body damage was a dented in lower front bumper but the bumper was already cracked from a fender bender so not a big deal.
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