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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Werner on September 07, 2007, 09:50:12 am

Title: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Werner on September 07, 2007, 09:50:12 am
Hi all,
bad luck has hit the Kruse Motorsport Team from Cologne :( :( :(. After a season which had anyway no highlights for them they lost their truck and the racecar in a fire on a german motorway. The team was on it's way back from test drives on the Eurospeedway when the trailer of the truck suddenly started to develop smoke and caught fire. A problem with one of the tyres of the trailer is assumed. The Kruse truckdriver has smoke poisoning, but not critical and no one else was hurt.

So a season to forget ended with a disaster. They will of course not be able to do the 2 final LMS rounds - and yes, they were planning to go to Brasil...
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Piglet on September 07, 2007, 10:16:09 am
Jesus that's big! 

That's dreadful luck Werner, please pass on our symapthy to them.   :(
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: termietermite on September 07, 2007, 10:45:17 am
Bl**dy hell, Werner.  As Piglet says, do give all the lads our best.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: hgb on September 07, 2007, 11:04:12 am
This is really a disaster. I'll pop around to their garage later in the afternoon.

This also crosses my travel plans to Silverstone. The idea was to go with them.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Steve Pyro on September 07, 2007, 11:08:45 am
Very nasty stuff is fire, it doesn't leave much behind.  My sympathies for the Kruse team, I hope they are suitably insured.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: nopanic - neil on September 07, 2007, 11:23:19 am
Quote from: Steve Brown on September 07, 2007, 11:08:45 am
I hope they are suitably insured.

I know insurance will not cover everything, and I'm sure I bet they wished they did not have to claim in the first place.

Send them our best, hope they get back on their feet wheels asap.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: shaunv156 on September 07, 2007, 12:27:38 pm
Not everything can be replaced I am sure but thank god no one was killed that was a nasty fire
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: JDS on September 07, 2007, 01:59:32 pm
Jeeess that's nasty. It's amazing the damage that can happen just from a wheel rubbing. What a shame, but lets hope they can move on, start to get things sorted and perhaps make an early start for their preparations for 2008.
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Paddy_NL on September 07, 2007, 02:15:05 pm
Definitely a horrible sight. Hope they are insured well.
On the positive side; they will have a new car for '08! ;D
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Andy Zarse on September 07, 2007, 03:10:23 pm
Has arson been rules out?
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Werner on September 08, 2007, 07:41:26 pm
Quote from: Andy Zarse on September 07, 2007, 03:10:23 pm
Has arson been rules out?

Nothing has been officially published yet, but arson is quite unlikely. The smoke/fire at the trailer started while the truck was driving on the motorway, a blown tyre, overheated brake or so is more likely.

Kai Kruse wrote me an email yesterday saying that is is not a catastrophe to fall down - it's the standing up again that counts!
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Dirk3D_NL on September 08, 2007, 09:07:35 pm
i feel very sorry for them... another team that can't use this kind of set backs....
Title: Re: Kruse Pescarolo completely destroyed
Post by: Paddy_NL on September 08, 2007, 10:32:25 pm
Can't Kruse borrow Lammers' Dome? That's just sitting in the yard not doing anything :-X