Tyre problems for 888 of a diffrenet kind/Strangest V8 Supercar incident

Razor · 9 Oct 2005, 01:29 (Ref:1427748)

Now that was weird. After Paul Dumbrell hitting a wall just outsied of the 2nd corner, where the front left tyre was ripped out, the tyre flew in the air for a few seconds and hit an Armco barrier springing the tyre and wheel back on the track, hitting Craig Lowndes/Yvan Muller's 888 Ford falcon on the front windscreen, causing the windscreen to shatter and cave in, luckly Lowndes was not hurt in the incident but the 888 boys will have a tough time to get the front and rear windscreen out. So, what is the stangest inicdent you have seen in the V8 Supercars?

retro · 9 Oct 2005, 01:31 (Ref:1427750)

hope they get it going and give Yvan a good run.

marcus · 9 Oct 2005, 02:04 (Ref:1427759)

Yvan is in the car now , pretty windy so im sure heat exhaustion wont be a problem for those guys today

^temuchin^ · 9 Oct 2005, 03:45 (Ref:1427776)

And the biggest coincidence was the sun had just came out so CL had put his visor down. Could have got some bad eye damage otherwise

Sol · 9 Oct 2005, 09:22 (Ref:1428055)

Bloody unlucky, ranks right up their with Jum last year hitting the roo and Dick and the rock.

johnh875 · 9 Oct 2005, 09:24 (Ref:1428058)

Yes could have got glass in his eyes like the Rat at Adelaide otherwise. A shame the cameraman was focussing too tightly on Dumbrell too tightly and missed it, it would have been a spectacular sight. Note how Larry gave himself a plug for the Larry bar that stopped the tyre coming inside, and also I wonder if the rather cursory effort of CPR at pulling out the guard after the earlier scrape didn't contribute

Sol · 9 Oct 2005, 09:35 (Ref:1428080)

It seemed to me that the Perkins team didn't get the guard off the tyre completly that may have caused Dumbrell to crash the 2nd time.

But I loved Larry's backhanded comment about drivers having to keep the car on the track and not crash. I bet LP is making Dumbrell feel mighty bad about his 2nd crash in 2 years at Bathurst.

Hands up who wants to share with Paul next year? Not Richo I bet!

Morris 1100 · 9 Oct 2005, 10:00 (Ref:1428115)

Eventually Dumbrell will realise that he is a goose and has no place in touring cars (and hopefully his son Paul will leave at the same time)

craig1 · 9 Oct 2005, 10:11 (Ref:1428125)

Wasn't it Larry who crashed the car a year or two ago? Also entering the pits with Ingal (while in the lead) a few years before.

Short memory that guy.

plonkey · 9 Oct 2005, 10:55 (Ref:1428176)

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Originally Posted by Morris 1100

Eventually Dumbrell will realise that he is a goose and has no place in touring cars (and hopefully his son Paul will leave at the same time)

I dont get it...sorry

v8man · 9 Oct 2005, 11:34 (Ref:1428228)

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Originally Posted by Sol

It seemed to me that the Perkins team didn't get the guard off the tyre completly that may have caused Dumbrell to crash the 2nd time.

But I loved Larry's backhanded comment about drivers having to keep the car on the track and not crash. I bet LP is making Dumbrell feel mighty bad about his 2nd crash in 2 years at Bathurst.

Hands up who wants to share with Paul next year? Not Richo I bet!

I can not see how you can blame Dumbrell for this one, the first time he hit the wall because he was punted off line, he came in to have his tyre changed and the guard pulled off the tyre and they did not realise that it had damaged the steering and Dumbrell only found out when the car would not turn in and he hit the wall hard causing the wheel to leave the car, what happened to the wheel after that was very unfortunate for CL and he was very lucky that he was not injured

Uncle Cranker · 9 Oct 2005, 11:39 (Ref:1428239)

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Originally Posted by plonkey

I dont get it...sorry

Daddy Dumbrell [Mr Wynns] is the $$$$ behind all of Paul's (ad) Ventures.

From F Holden to NASCAR @ the AGP to V8 SC, there has only been one constant, the basic ability for Paul to crash, quite well usually........

**GTRMagic** · 10 Oct 2005, 05:42 (Ref:1429097)

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Originally Posted by v8man

I can not see how you can blame Dumbrell for this one, the first time he hit the wall because he was punted off line, he came in to have his tyre changed and the guard pulled off the tyre and they did not realise that it had damaged the steering and Dumbrell only found out when the car would not turn in and he hit the wall hard causing the wheel to leave the car, what happened to the wheel after that was very unfortunate for CL and he was very lucky that he was not injured

I agree regarding Mr Dumbrell, the initial crash which pushed the guard onto the tyre seems to have caused something in the front end to break later in the race, which ultimately helped the #24 car hit the wall.

Had Mr Dumbrell had his own car, like in 2004, he would have been as quick as he was then... with plenty of running... playing #2 to Richo, letting Richo hog the car, and not getting many miles at all... especially in a chassis that was unfamiliar to him (they are all different after all)... was a recipe for a big mess...

... and so it happened.

Mr Dumbrell has the speed, and the talent, to do a very good job. Mr Perkins must think so too, having taken up the option on him for next year.

Crashes happen.... unfortunately... and I suspect there is nobody more disappointed in his accident tham Mr Dumbrell himself, fully understanding the impact on Richo's championship chase.

If the environment was right... this kid will be a star!

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