View Full Version : Toomas Heikkenen XGames crash
Triathlete
06/29/2012, 09:17 PM
During practice today for the X Games Rally-X Heikkenen crashed and broke his ankle. This is the crash...
OUCH!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgBVLJsLThQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
whitebreadx
06/30/2012, 01:59 AM
damn that was a hard hit!
VXorado
06/30/2012, 04:47 AM
He wasn't even close to making the landing. Surprising considering how much speed he had going into the jump.
Triathlete
06/30/2012, 06:18 AM
He hit the ramp so hard that it moved the ramp about a foot. That ramp is big and heavy!
rowhard
06/30/2012, 09:35 AM
damn lucky it was only his ankle.
Triathlete
06/30/2012, 09:45 AM
Don't think luck had a lot to do with it (though it helps)...those cars are built like tanks. I watched an episode of "how its made" that showed the build process of WRC rally cars. 80% of the car is rebuild/replaced and the cages and safety equipment is the nest in the business. The cars are a million dollars plus each!
VXorado
06/30/2012, 12:47 PM
Don't think luck had a lot to do with it (though it helps)...those cars are built like tanks. I watched an episode of "how its made" that showed the build process of WRC rally cars. 80% of the car is rebuild/replaced and the cages and safety equipment is the nest in the business. The cars are a million dollars plus each!
I noticed the rally car sounded like cardboard crunching rather than sheet metal. I figured the crunch areas were made of some fancy composite. :_confused
Triathlete
06/30/2012, 02:55 PM
They use a lot of aluminum and carbon composits.
pbkid
07/01/2012, 09:48 AM
ya, ouch. that was really hard. I thought they had people to do measurements and say, you need to be going 60-65 mph to clear this jump kinda thing?
nice vids billy.
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