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Here's an eye opening video to watch. This was the Silver STI driven by Robert Jekoz at Tall Pines this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNeamTQywV4

Watch it right to the end. You can hear he's in agony while still in the car, and see him holding his lower back after he gets out. That's clearly a compression injury. He's okay now, for anyone that's concerned. But something like that could have been prevented, or at least improved.
From the performance graphs I've seen, the Leatt-Brace is the best at preventing compression injuries just like that. That sort of compression force is rare in other motorsports. But with all the jumps in rallying, even if you do land on the road, it can still sometimes be hard enough to cause something like that.
Yup, the more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards the Leatt...

Matt - How long was he injured for? That video is a real eye opener! Seems as though he clipped a high spot on the left side of the road and that flipped him due to his high speed! Dangerous spot IMO.

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WRX_STI wrote:
Matt - How long was he injured for? That video is a real eye opener! Seems as though he clipped a high spot on the left side of the road and that flipped him due to his high speed! Dangerous spot IMO.

I don't know how long it took for him to recover. But his codriver reported in, that they are both fine, and the car suffer mostly just cosmetic damage.

That jump/turn became infamous in 2004. It took a lot of cars out of the race that year. This crew wasn't aware of that however...
In a fast car, that's a pretty big jump. But then the road turns slightly while you are airborn. So you become completely helpless as you watch the road turn from under you. He landed the nose/front skidplate at ~140km/h on a big rock. The result is an incredibly jarring impact. They didn't flip, they sort of bounced off the rock, and back across the road.

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WRX_STI wrote:
Matt - How long was he injured for? That video is a real eye opener! Seems as though he clipped a high spot on the left side of the road and that flipped him due to his high speed! Dangerous spot IMO.

I don't know how long it took for him to recover. But his codriver reported in, that they are both fine, and the car suffer mostly just cosmetic damage.

That jump/turn became infamous in 2004. It took a lot of cars out of the race that year. This crew wasn't aware of that however...
In a fast car, that's a pretty big jump. But then the road turns slightly while you are airborn. So you become completely helpless as you watch the road turn from under you. He landed the nose/front skidplate at ~140km/h on a big rock. The result is an incredibly jarring impact. They didn't flip, they sort of bounced off the rock, and back across the road.

It looked as though he flipped onto his side after he hit the rock, and then fell back on all fours. He MUST have been 2 wheelin' it for a bit.

Cosmetic damage? I think he must have understated the damage. The undercarriage must have taken a beating (unless the wheels and shocks took all of the impact), and he had smoke coming out of his hood.

If there is a slight turn after the jump, my mind would tell me to take it easy at that section (hence the double caution and signs posted all over)

All in all, I'm glad they are healthy and ready to race again!

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Cosmetic damage? I think he must have understated the damage.

Don't quote me on that! That's what his codriver posted on specialstage :-D

You just have to realize that there's a lot of damage rally guys consider "cosmetic", that most normal people would scrap a car due to. ;-)

He probably wrecked the front bumper, and cracked the rad, and will need to hammer the floor straight again... my guess is that's about it.

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Cosmetic damage? I think he must have understated the damage.

I think the steam was just water that hit the rad or engine on impact. Broken rads create a lot more steam than that.

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WRX_STI wrote:

Cosmetic damage? I think he must have understated the damage.

I think the steam was just water that hit the rad or engine on impact. Broken rads create a lot more steam than that.

You're probobly right. I don't know if you noticed or not, but he also lost his lightbar and lights when he landed! That was a very serious impact that looked like it wasn't as bad as it was.