# oh fawk... Tree \> audi **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163 "2008-05-28T12:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/21 "2008-05-28T13:14:44Z")
[quote=newman;956751]And he hit it at the weakest point for that type of impact. Almost pure cross sectional loading of a cantelever/pointload (kinda) beam. quote] … a pretty well balanced car that may have prevented it from spinning around the tree. A fwd is so front loaded it probably would have just spun rather than crush. Of course this is all conjecture.😛 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/22 "2008-05-28T13:16:21Z")
very lucky… me want cagey for tracky. ---
**Author:** ![HYBOOST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hyboost/32/5088_2.png) [@HYBOOST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HYBOOST)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/23 "2008-05-28T13:22:48Z")
Glad you are among the living… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/24 "2008-05-28T13:23:38Z")
> [@HYBOOST](#): > > Glad you are among the living… :picard: ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/25 "2008-05-28T13:29:13Z")
Heh, am I the only one who thought of Howie after reading the thread title? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/26 "2008-05-28T13:38:09Z")
> [@RedrRocket](#): > > how can burning brake fluid knock you out? must be some crazy brakefluid. um, im guessing maybe the fumes from it? ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/27 "2008-05-28T14:27:36Z")
Car is originally from Buffalo. nice copy & paste, but no link to the original thread… Complete build here: [http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16273&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=f93fc6978d263f4c153ecdc6c7fca5e3](http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16273&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=f93fc6978d263f4c153ecdc6c7fca5e3) Just a matter of freak accident \> cage. Min. 1.50" X .125" The bend at the top of the A-pillar could have been reinforced with a straight bar going from the bend to the bottom of the A pillar bar. So a straight bar reinforces those two bends. A diagonal or an X could be added to reinforce the halo bar “void”. But then again the local pro cage builders use .035" wall and have two bends at the top of the A pillar (out of 3 total) none of which are reinforced so WTF do I know. ---
**Author:** ![dtvburns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dtvburns](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dtvburns)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/28 "2008-05-28T14:40:57Z")
I like that he bitches about having his new driving suit cut open. 🎻 Maybe the hit on the head and lack of oxygen made his priorities a little wack. I am still thinking about a cage. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/29 "2008-05-28T14:43:01Z")
wow he is super lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/30 "2008-05-28T15:06:50Z")
DAMN, where did his head/helmet go? ![http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff9/RSCoupe/IMG_1414.jpg](http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff9/RSCoupe/IMG_1414.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/31 "2008-05-28T15:17:27Z")
> [@dtvburns](#): > > I like that he bitches about having his new driving suit cut open. 🎻 > > Maybe the hit on the head and lack of oxygen made his priorities a little wack. > > I am still thinking about a cage. im pretty sure he was just kidding, i give him credit for at least finding some humor in all of this, but damn thats a crazy accident. ---
**Author:** ![dtvburns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dtvburns](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dtvburns)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/32 "2008-05-28T16:21:05Z")
I think he was kidding too. He needs to worry about why he blacked out and went straight off the track ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/33 "2008-05-28T16:25:22Z")
> [@walter](#): > > Uhm, the cage is hardly designed to protect from an impact like that. Still poorly designed. People who build most rollcages are stupid anyways, they think of them as a glorified roll bar, to keep the roof from crushing in the event of a roll, not a violent flip. A cage should be built strong enough that It cant take a car traveling the same speed your normally traveling at any part of the track, into any portion of the cage, and keep the cage off the driver. Cliffnotes: build the cage so when you flip and a car drives into your roof, you dont end up the same height as sponge bob. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/34 "2008-05-28T16:26:49Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > People who build most rollcages are stupid anyways… :lol: :picard: ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163/35 "2008-05-28T16:28:21Z")
> [@bobbyg1243](#): > > :lol: If you circle tracked as long as I havem, you’d see the majority of cages are downright scary and by no means as safe as they should be. Which is what I weighed that entire statement on. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-fawk-tree-audi/49163.md?page=1)