Rear Wing Failure In Historic Formula 5000 Is Predictably Messy
The recent New Zealand Formula 5000 race at Pukekohe Park Raceway was red flagged following a massive shunt involving Ken Smith. The 75-year-old, who’s been racing for 60 years (hero), thankfully walked away from the wreck, despite it being a 120mph+ accident. And yes, those are indeed his feet you can see exposed at one point. Yikes.
Smith had lost control of his 1970s Lola T332 after the rear wing failed, and as we’ve seen before, when a car that relies on downforce to go fast loses downforce, the results can be rather dramatic.
When the race resumed, spectators were treated to a tight battle between Clark Proctor and Mike Collins, with the former taking the win by just 0.07 seconds and the latter spinning out on the cool-down lap…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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May the force be with …
May the DOWNFORCE be with…
Well at least the Driver was safe… Even though the Lola is worth a batshit ton 😂😂
At least they’re driven like they should be, and that’s priceless
Well the DOWNFORCE wast too FORCEFUL to FORCE the car into the ground…
Watching such an expensive and historic car get wrecked
My heart stopped when i saw it start happening
The slomo was amazing, a shame for the car.
I guess it wasn’t down with it
These Formula 5000 cars seem very reminiscent of Formula 1 cars from the 70’s…
Uhm because they are ;)
there can only be one thing to save me now…
eye bleach please
DRS sure looks great