Matthew Johnson buys another rally car...

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:09 pm

Matthew Johnson wrote:

Got some rally and Hankook press and bought a rally car at the same time!

http://apex.mync.com/site/apex/

Keith Vail · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:31 pm

He flipped Bob's car? I guess that was an expensive mistake even though the roll didn't look too bad. :shock:

SimonWright · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:55 pm

Kieran and I were there helping Matthew with the promo and, with Bob, were first to the scene after the roll. They were both still strapped in waiting for us with car resting on the driver's side. Matthew was hoping we'd be able to roll them upright but the car was on a slight slope and we couldn't push it over.

So, I got them extracted: Matthew first so that he could climb up past his passenger and out her window. Then I worked with Dana to get her safely out. Wanted to be sure she would not get hurt when the harness was released and she dropped. All went well and she was very cool about the whole thing. I was the one who strapped her into the car and carefully explained about the HANS and helmet and harness. I also advised her that, in the extremely unlikely event that the car has an unplanned excursion, she should grab the harness to keep her arms from flailing. She thanked me later.

Bob and Matthew were understandably "concerned". Matthew's optimistic side eventually bubbled to the surface when he later remarked that he'd been wondering what car & class to run next season and that now he knows.

We all then had a blast at VIR's kart track - way better than the indoor carts here in Raleigh.

Simon

Carl Fisher · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:46 pm

I didn't ask Matthew, but was that the end of the ride-alongs? I assumed so, but Emmie pointed out that the car appeared perfectly drivable afterwards. Of course Bob might have (understandably) called an end to the fun for the day. Scoopage?

SimonWright · **Posted:** Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:56 am

Well, it was kinda Matthew's car after that.

The windshield was broken and Matthew said that if it had survived intact he would have kept giving ride-alongs.

I did seem to run just fine although I spotted transmission oil on the ground below the rear diff after it had sat for a few hours. All the moving bits seem to be pointed in the right direction but pretty much every body panel had some damage.

Simon

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