Title: Road Kill NASCAR Style !
Post by: Chris24 on June 07, 2009, 10:27:54 pm
Brad Coleman hits Coyote
Coyote impaled on the front of the Toyota
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a Gibbs NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds earlier this week and came onto the radio and told his crew something rather unusual.
"Guys, I hit a coyote," Coleman said.
Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the 10-mile test track when he saw the animal wander under the outside guardrail.
"I'm in the middle of the corner, and I'm doing like 190," Coleman said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before practicing his Nationwide Series car. "I'm just cruising. You run the high line there, because that's where the most banking is. It's the high-speed lane. There's just a guardrail there like on the freeway.
It made quite a mess of the car
"I see this thing, it must've been 100 feet in front of me, just jump out. Right when I saw it come out from under the guardrail, I was like, 'That's a coyote.'"
"It just started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I was like, 'I wonder where it went?' I said, 'Guys, I hit a coyote. I'm going to come in because I think it screwed up the radiator. I think it clogged up the grille a little bit.'"
Coyote impaled on the front of the Toyota
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a Gibbs NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds earlier this week and came onto the radio and told his crew something rather unusual.
"Guys, I hit a coyote," Coleman said.
Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the 10-mile test track when he saw the animal wander under the outside guardrail.
"I'm in the middle of the corner, and I'm doing like 190," Coleman said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before practicing his Nationwide Series car. "I'm just cruising. You run the high line there, because that's where the most banking is. It's the high-speed lane. There's just a guardrail there like on the freeway.
It made quite a mess of the car
"I see this thing, it must've been 100 feet in front of me, just jump out. Right when I saw it come out from under the guardrail, I was like, 'That's a coyote.'"
"It just started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I was like, 'I wonder where it went?' I said, 'Guys, I hit a coyote. I'm going to come in because I think it screwed up the radiator. I think it clogged up the grille a little bit.'"
Title: Re: Road Kill NASCAR Style !
Post by: smokie on June 07, 2009, 11:13:42 pm
Hmmm...the deer I hit didn't leave quite as much blood and guts. Mind you, that was only at about 80 mph, and I left him behind. There was however a fair bit of blood and fur all along the side of the car.
Title: Re: Road Kill NASCAR Style !
Post by: Douglas on June 07, 2009, 11:36:15 pm
I once ended up with a pheasant wrapped around my roof rack,
that was after it had cracked my windscreen and put a hole in my surf board!
that was after it had cracked my windscreen and put a hole in my surf board!
Title: Re: Road Kill NASCAR Style !
Post by: Snoring Rhino on June 07, 2009, 11:45:29 pm
I had to use a pair of pliers to remove a sparrow from my grill once.....
Title: Re: Road Kill NASCAR Style !
Post by: Leftie on June 08, 2009, 12:18:05 am
We were travelling south on the A34 from Woodstock and hit a pheasant, feathers everywhere. On arrival at the service station for fuel there was a hell of a smell. The pheasant was through the grill and it's arse sticking out. It's long tail plummage disappeared. Plastic bag foung and the evidence placed in the bin.
The car (Cortina 2000E Ghia) was cleaned again and again.
But all the local cats, mine included kept sniffing, peeing and more on the bonnet!!!! for a year after the fatality.
The car (Cortina 2000E Ghia) was cleaned again and again.
But all the local cats, mine included kept sniffing, peeing and more on the bonnet!!!! for a year after the fatality.
Title: Re: Road Kill NASCAR Style !
Post by: Steve Pyro on June 08, 2009, 01:23:40 pm
I find I often have 2 or 3 squashed flies on my windscreen, like. ::)
