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yes. the account of what happened was, FOC rented the infield of calspeedway. driver in modena 360 challenge stradale (CS) was passed by ben and corey in the CGT at over 150 out of the last turn. Near the end of the straight, ben was estimated at 165mph where 2nd ferrari entered the track slow and in ben's way. Ben swerved to avoid and lost control. Corey died instantly. Ben died 1 hr later.
supposedly the pitt marshall told the 2nd ferrari to go, driver hesitated, passenger yelled at driver to go, pitt marshall said stop, driver went...
all this really turns my stomach.... all could have been avoided...
to make it worst, dumbshits at the LA Times called them amatuer racers and said they were racing.
this also re-affirms my conviction that there is no dual purpose car. a true track car would have a full cage with nascar bars, racing shells, harness, fuel cut-off and fire suppression system. the CGT did not have any of these and may have been able to save one if not two lives in that accident.
be safe out there.
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