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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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PGA golfer involved in fatal street race

http://www.wesh.com/news/11225600/detail.html

The guy that died lived in my neighborhood

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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Sad to hear.

Any idea what cars they were driving? The report just states "Mercedes coupe and BMW sedan."
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaki
Sad to hear.

Any idea what cars they were driving? The report just states "Mercedes coupe and BMW sedan."

The wrecked car was a CLS55. Not sure about the BMW.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...home-headlines
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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I live in Monterey and have seen him numerous times. He is another Indian (Punjabi, I think) golfer that I have much respect for.
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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Yup, it sux! but as everyone that has any seat time in both know BMW will literally KILL Merc's
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 05:58 AM
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They said it's a 2006 BMW sedan so if that's the case - it's probably the M5 as it's the only BMW sedan that a CLS55 would race.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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They said it's a 2006 BMW sedan so if that's the case - it's probably the M5 as it's the only BMW sedan that a CLS55 would race.
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More than likely it was an M5. Must have been one wild race.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Militant-Grunt
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They both lost control. One hit a tree and the other hit the shoulder of the road. I'd imagine it could have gone either way. Who is to say that the BMW didn't lose it first and the CLS was trying to avoid hitting the BMW. There is not enough information to say anything about the handling attributes of either car.

The wreck is a very sad situation that happened to two car enthusiasts enjoying their cars. It's a shame that this happened. Be safe out there.
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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They both lost control. One hit a tree and the other hit the shoulder of the road. I'd imagine it could have gone either way. Who is to say that the BMW didn't lose it first and the CLS was trying to avoid hitting the BMW. There is not enough information to say anything about the handling attributes of either car.

The wreck is a very sad situation that happened to two car enthusiasts enjoying their cars. It's a shame that this happened. Be safe out there.
Okay then, bmw safety +1
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Old Mar 12, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Militant-Grunt
Okay then, bmw safety +1
You hit a tree at speed in any car and it won't matter what you are driving. The BMW didn't hit a solid object and was stopped by the car sliding in dirt. The Mercedes was stopped when it hit a tree. Let's wait until we get the final result from the highway patrol until we jump to any conclusions.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BlownV8
You hit a tree at speed in any car and it won't matter what you are driving. The BMW didn't hit a solid object and was stopped by the car sliding in dirt. The Mercedes was stopped when it hit a tree. Let's wait until we get the final result from the highway patrol until we jump to any conclusions.
Calm down man hes just tryin to add some humor to this.
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i would say +1 for audi, but this guy did about the same thing

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=320088449961

and you need to keep the racing to the track, if it was there more than likely neither would have spun out and if they had, saftey personel would of been there in seconds to help
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i would say +1 for audi, but this guy did about the same thing

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=320088449961

and you need to keep the racing to the track, if it was there more than likely neither would have spun out and if they had, saftey personel would of been there in seconds to help

I can tell you tt the driver of the RS6 walke out of his car with only some minor cuts on the face....tt's all.
Lucky he was...not being injured & of course not injuring anyone else. At what I heared, he lost ctrl at bout 220-230 km/h.
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