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Quite shocking. The driver Diumar Bueno broke two legs and one of his arms. The worst part is that there is a 20 m deep cliff after the barrier, which is just unbelievable.
Reports say he was cruising at 190 km/h at the moment he hit the barriers. He simply couldn’t do much after his Volvo lost its brakes.

http://www.motorpasion.com.br/formula-truck/forte-batida-marcam-os-treinos-da-truck-em-guapore

That’s just terrifying. It’s bad enough for him but the consequences had he hit someone when he crossed the track don’t bear considering. So fortunate to escape with his life.

That was terrifying to watch. I know nothing about truck racing (save from watching a bit on motors tv), and I certainly didn’t know they could reach those speeds!
I’d question whether, considering their weight, speed capabilities and construction if it’s at all safe to race them…the truck went through the tyre barrier like it wasn’t even there! Maybe there should be more consideration at what tracks Trucks race at. Very happy to hear the driver’s injuries aren’t fatal.

Keith
It’s also very fortunate that he didn’t hit a tyre barrier and then a spectator grandstand.

@xjr15jaaag Indeed. What must have been going through his mind during those endless seconds, no doubt furiously pumping the brake pedal and waiting to hit something? Horrible.

@SouthPawRacer

Truck racing in Europe is speed-limited to 160km/h

That I did not know. Watching this it’s not hard to understand why.

Can any physicians out there give us an idea what kind of force something weighing as much as a racing truck has when it’s doing these kind of speeds?

The equation for Kinetic energy is 1/2 times Mass times Velocity Squared. So if the truck had mass 5500 KG and a velocity of 190 KPH (52.8 meters per second) it would have 7666560 Joules of energy. Compared to a F1 car crashing at that speed which would have 975744 Joules of energy. Difference of 6690816 Joules.

If you look at the forces @jameseden show were at play, I seriously doubt less than 40 m of tyre barriers would have had any serious impact on that trucks speed @malleshmaghdum.

Wow, roughly 7 x more than an F1 car, that just shows the difference between a light single seater and a truck which one should take in account when planning a track. I doubt even tracks like Turkey, India and Abu Dhabi with their enormous runoffs could handle that. Curious if the Paul Ricard rough surfacing would do any good to stop that.