Crashes happen in D1 in every single race and practice. Been to enough of them as a photographer (covered an entire season once) to witness that. It's not really a matter of driver skill, it's the fact that they need to get as close to the wall as possible to look good for the camera's/audience, combined with the nature of the event.
On Friday after the crash, Ross had to literally take a crossmember back to the AVO shop in Akishima, fix it and weld it back up, and get it back so that they could run on Saturday. Crazy stuff.
Honestly, the Droo-P driver is having to adjust to something he's not had on the AE86 - power. Lots and lots of it. When they asked for us to make 600whp, they probably were thinking they'd get 600whp that only appears on a dyno for one run, not the real thing. Once it was going, we had a hard time convincing the driver to go past 50% throttle during his initial practice runs (true story).
Going to be an interesting season!
Regards,
Paul Hansen
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