When touring cars do somersaults
TH Motorsport/JAG Honda Integra driver stayed in hospital under observation last night after a big crash in the final round of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch. While Fabrizio Giovanardi and Jason Plato scrapped it out for the title, George decided to entertain himself with a bit of car gymnastics.
The 47-year-old driver climbed out of the wrecked car, but was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
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1 John George Survives A Smashingly Good Flip At British Touring Car Championship [Racing News] // Sep 23, 2008 at 1:13 am
[…] newVideoPlayer(”/BTCCcrashnew.flv”, 494, 340,””);Check out this spectacular flippin’ crash from this past weekend’s final round of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch. Sure, there was plenty of other drama, with the title race coming down to the wire before being won by Vauxhall driver Fabrizio Giovanardi. But as far as sensational moments go, this wreck is hard to beat. The driver of the Honda Integra, 47-year-old John George, was able to climb out of the car by himself, but he spent the night at the hospital just to be on the safe side. [via GridCrasher] […]