float_6969 wrote:Wow, I can't believe they walked away from that. If I were them, I'd go back to the guy that built the cage and give him a big ol' man hug and then get him drunk/boobies in his face.
I wouldn't. They should have died. They were essentially running a road race style cage. Yes they survived, but the cage was poorly designed, and it failed to provide matching protection for both driver and navigator. All this, even after those points and a few more were pointed out to the cage builder by a very respected, and vetran Pikes Peak racer. The builder refused to head warnings. The codriver is essentially the luckiest man in the world. At one point during the roll, his entire upper torso was outside of the car.
The nature of the roll down the hill actually limited heavy impacts. It was many glancing blows. Had there been a tree or boulder there to stop the car early on, they would almost surely both have died.
There have been similar and worse crashes in WRC and international rally. Cars running full FIA cages and stitch welding. They hold together far far better, and in most cases the occupants walk away, where as Jeremy and Yuri were life flighted to the hospital.
