Re: Audi Sport mishap

[Nick Craft <ncc@scr.siemens.com>]

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>To all,
>Last weeks Super Touring Championships had a tragedy. A British 
>Driver was killed when his car was struck on the drivers side full 
>speed by Audi driver Frank Biela. I belive the drivers name was Keith 
>Odor.
>The is the first, I believe, time that an Audi was involved with some 
>type of serious accident in motorsports. Odors car had hit a wall, 
>spun, and stopped in the middle of the circuit when Biela then hit 
>his car at over 120 mph. The accident happened on the Avus track 
>which connects with part of the autobahn. German officials have 
>wanted to alter the course. It always seems that things happen too 
>late.
                                                                
>Angelo

I saw video of this accident on some TV news sports show. It was
absolutely horrific, his car was just sitting there sideways in
the middle of the track, and the audi appears from the left of the 
picture and ploughs straight into him. It almost seems that the
audi took no evasive action at all, but this could be a trick of
the camera.

Its a pity the only time we see audis racing on TV's these days is
when someone gets killed.
Nick