Re: [DML] Crunched Delorean fender on the Dragon Run (was More photos)

["Brent W. Lundgren" <brentlun@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that I was driving the D that let you pass.

I was in a group of four D's and a convertible that had left Deal's Gap for
the return trip to PF.  Since we were bunched up on the trip out we were
going to give ourselves some space for the return trip on the Dragon's Tail.
My girlfriend hated the ride out and she talked me into slowing down for the
return trip.  That's when I pulled over and let you by.

A short time later I saw what looked like someone walking in the road ahead.
You were removing debris from the roadway.  I moved left to avoid the debris
and the car on the right side of the road then saw the damaged D backed off
on the side of the road.  Nobody was hurt so I continued on so I would not
become a hazard myself.

I asked the driver of the D that left ahead of me if he saw the accident
scene, he said no.

Brent Lundgren
VIN #17006

----- Original Message -----
From: "jangwin" <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:44 PM
Subject: [DML] Crunched Delorean fender on the Dragon Run (was More photos)


> That would be Darren Decker's VIN 5000.
> I was in the rental car (whew!) that he hit. Here's the story:
>
> I was coming down from the end of the course, heading back to PF,
> about two miles from the end. The road was slick in places, but you
> had to watch carefully, because it was a nice, sunny day out. I was
> following one D, and another was following me, but with plenty of
> distance. I fact, just a mile before the D behind me had pulled over
> to let me pass.
>
> As I was heading down, I came upon a lefthand curve, and saw Darren
> coming up, toward me in his lane. All looked fine, until I heard his
> brakes squeal... He had hit a wet patch and was coming towards me.
> Right towards me! He could not steer, nor could he stop. Nothing I
> could do but to keep my track, pull over to the right as far as I
> could, and keep my pace, slowing down as quickly as I could without
> spinning out.
>
> He hit me in the drivers door, sideswiped it, and continued about 20
> yards past me. At that point his inertia switch had tripped, and he
> stalled in place. The impact to me was so hard that the drivers door
> would not open, so for the rest of the weekend, I had to crawl across
> the seat from the passenger door to enter the car. Darren was pretty
> shook up... I gave him a ride back to the hotel, where the last I
> saw, he was looking for someone with a flatbed to tow the car back
> down. The fender had bent to the point of interfering with his tire,
> so he could not drive it back down. I never did see his D back at the
> hotel, so I am assuming he got it towed to where it could be fixed
> properly.
>
> Darren: if you are there, please let us know the outcome of the
> accident. I'd like to know if the fender can be saved.
>
> Jeff Angwin
> jeff(at)delorean.com
> VIN 3034
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <dsontos@xxxx> wrote:
> > Ok, who's car got whacked at the Tail of the Dragon run. I just saw
> the photos. I didn't here anything at the show.
>
>
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