What happened at North Star (Denton) last night

[John -- '02 HAWK]

I don't think it will be a drag strip anymore.

If she's suing that probably means the cart track will be headed to court

[Kart21]

She is not.
The barrier stopper her from coming onto the kart track during night practice. As it should.

She went under the net at the end. Broke 8 inch pipe and moved it back about 10 feet. Not a restraint system worked on the drag strip side.

We found out about the sale later.

Owner owes the kart track repair of the barrier, per the injunction.

[Big A]

Where's the driver's culpability in it all?

[cool cat]

Where's the driver's culpability in it all?

Makes me curious how fast the pass was, and what systems failed causing the barrier breach.

[Big A]

Makes me curious how fast the pass was, and what systems failed causing the barrier breach.

Female driver, I think that pretty much says it all.

[4bangen]

is there video of the crash?

[Kart21]

The pulley system that had the catch net tied to the tractor tires failed as it was too high to catch a car. She went under it or as it happened, it went over the car.

The sand pit was not tilled up and soft. Was hard and packed. Was just a dirt road. Should have been gravel and deep as an F1 gravel trap.

Tire tracks in the sand pit show no sign of locked wheels as did the strip itself.
Even with ABS when going from asphalt to sand, even packed sand, you should see signs of a momentarily lock up.

The tires stacked at the very end of the track were " ineffective " at the rate of speed at impact.

No video, Sheriff has lots of pictures.

Sheriff dept. is still waiting on report from the hospital to see if see was drunk or had a "senior" moment. 73 years old. Estimated speed at impact was 90 mph.

2018 Lexus, restraint systems went off and the belt worked. As the car hit the Go Kart barrier the right front dug into the dirt and the car flipped over the 20 foot gap and landed on the internal fence of the Kart track.

[TX_92_Notch]

The pulley system that had the catch net tied to the tractor tires failed as it was too high to catch a car. She went under it or as it happened, it went over the car.

The sand pit was not tilled up and soft. Was hard and packed. Was just a dirt road. Should have been gravel and deep as an F1 gravel trap.

Tire tracks in the sand pit show no sign of locked wheels as did the strip itself.
Even with ABS when going from asphalt to sand, even packed sand, you should see signs of a momentarily lock up.

The tires stacked at the very end of the track were " ineffective " at the rate of speed at impact.

No video, Sheriff has lots of pictures.

Sheriff dept. is still waiting on report from the hospital to see if see was drunk or has a "senior" moment. 73 years old. Estimated speed at impact was 90 mph.

2018 Lexus, restraint systems went of and the belt worked. As the car hit the Go Kart barrier the right front dig into the dirt and the car flipped over the 20 foot gap and landed on the internal fence of the Kart track.

Did she turn on auto-pilot and expect the car to stop itself?

[cool cat]

A 73 year old woman was racing a 2018 Lexus, and hit the crash barrier at 90? WTF. Did she have a heart attack behind the wheel and leave her foot on the accelerator?

[4bangen]

GOOD GOD!
that's the craziest shit I've heard all day. did she get hurt bad? the hell was she thinking?

[Big A]

Was her name Thelma or Louise?

[Kart21]

I really want to see the insurance paperwork on this.

New car, racing at a drag strip. "Mama, we ain't covering anything, and your premium has just gone up "

Haven't see an injury report yet.

[jw33]

90mph trap speed is pretty decent for an '18 Lexus. What was her 60ft? Any mods?

[blandnuts]

What an odd story.

[Murph Tang]

A 73 year old woman was racing a 2018 Lexus, and hit the crash barrier at 90? WTF. Did she have a heart attack behind the wheel and leave her foot on the accelerator?

Maybe froze and couldn't take foot off accelerator?