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From Highcroft Racing
The innovative Nissan DeltaWing's assault on the annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta suffered a set-back in testing today when Gunnar Jeannette was struck by a GTC Porsche and forced into a violent roll.
The Nissan DeltaWing was only 0.4 second slower than the fatest P2 car in sixth place on the timesheet in this afternoon's session. Unfortunately during the session, Jeannette was passing a GTC class Porsche when he was struck violently in the left rear wheel.
The massive impact was measured at 7Gs on the team's telementary system. Video footage from the Nissan-powered Conquest Racing P2 car of Martin Plowman showed the Porsche bouncing off the exit kerb at turn 10b and smashing into the Nissan DeltaWing as Jeannette was going by.
The car scraped down the road on its roll hoops before suffering a heavy impact with the wall and landing back on its wheels.
Jeannette was transferred to the track medical center but was soon released with no injuries suffered.
The Highcroft Racing crew immediately began work on repairing the damage with a target on having the car return to the track tomorrow.
The innovative Nissan DeltaWing's assault on the annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta suffered a set-back in testing today when Gunnar Jeannette was struck by a GTC Porsche and forced into a violent roll.
The Nissan DeltaWing was only 0.4 second slower than the fatest P2 car in sixth place on the timesheet in this afternoon's session. Unfortunately during the session, Jeannette was passing a GTC class Porsche when he was struck violently in the left rear wheel.
The massive impact was measured at 7Gs on the team's telementary system. Video footage from the Nissan-powered Conquest Racing P2 car of Martin Plowman showed the Porsche bouncing off the exit kerb at turn 10b and smashing into the Nissan DeltaWing as Jeannette was going by.
The car scraped down the road on its roll hoops before suffering a heavy impact with the wall and landing back on its wheels.
Jeannette was transferred to the track medical center but was soon released with no injuries suffered.
The Highcroft Racing crew immediately began work on repairing the damage with a target on having the car return to the track tomorrow.