In the bottom left pic there is a PW MINI that is chilling on its passengers side, who's is this, and is everyone ok?

 

Ouch!

 

That's heart-breaking to see

 

Hope everybody is ok Cars can be fixed much easier.

And Just how did you roll one of the least likely to rollover cars manufactuered?

 

Most likely, they dropped a wheel off the pavement. At that point, all bets are off as to what vehicle is more or less likely to roll. Hope it is mostly bruised egos and not serious injury.

 

All I heard is it was a couple in a PW that rolled. I never heard any further updates I hope they are OK

 

From what I heard, they're okay... The passenger got some road-rash on her arm; that's about it. I believe she was the person that was awarded a set of European hazard triangles at the Farewell Dinner...

 

I guess they were put to good use then

 

There are a number of rollover stories here and on MINI2. Another issue is that in some cases a door popped open during the rollover.

 

I don't think so, because I thought they said the people who rolled went to the hospital and didn't attend the dinner.

 

No - not the same person. The person who got the hazard triangle didn't really roll but just went off. And she was fine

 

Oh. My mistake. I guess that's the danger of third-hand information. I hope they're both okay.

 

The story i had heard (from some fellow Texans of hers ) on that was that she'd driven straight from Houston, all day, without stopping to eat or take a break, and got lost before getting to the dragon. At some point on the dragon, she lost it and wound up on her side and had to put her top down to get out. A couple bikers showed up, tipped the MINI back right side up and she got on her way with a busted mirror and a scratched up driver's side.

 

Too much confusing rumor. When I've driven the dragon . . . two days but multiple runs. . . there were accidents both days. Of course, I guess the norm is motorcycle accidents. I'm very curious about the MINI that went off. I hope there is some real news.

 

Actually there was much less damage. I know her and by chance saw her drive in just after it all happened. I helped put her bumper back together and once that was done you could barely see any damage. She's a lucky girl

 

Ouch!

Good to hear that everyone came out of it ok though.

We had a rollover on one of our local runs a few weeks ago. The poor MINI did an "endo" and landed fully on its roof. That one was a write-off though.

 

There was a Mini that rolled on a Canadian run a few years ago. Was the first in the pack on an icy/snowy road if I remember correctly. Rolled, landed on it's roof. Everyone got out, rolled it back on it's wheels, and it kept on going.

 

Hot Orange Cabrio, with the top down IIRC.

 

Hudson run for the Hot Orange MINI, this PW was a vert also Gabe? How could you roll a MINI convertible? Thats what i want to know.

 

Well, the MINI in the photo is laying on the passenger side, since it's pointing toward us and it's in the US. So I doubt it's the car referred to by Mini Mark with damage to the driver's side.

 

on the Dragon? Is that a rhetorical question?

 

The car I'm referring to was a cool blue convertible. And again... she didn't really roll and was fine.

 

Story of the rolled Mini in the photo from my perspective goes like this:

(irrelevant part)
I'm standing under an EZ-Up in the rain in what is formerly known as Shade Tree corner...it's an inside shot where a HUGE tree used to lean out toward the road and provide shade, but it fell last year. Black Audi TT with the snorkel (on my front page) pulls in and says he's just pulling over to let that guy in the red truck go by. GIRT (guy in red truck ) is my friend Brian Ashby. He's about the nicest, most respectable old guy you will ever meet, never aims to bother anyone, and apparently he totally pissed off the Audi TT driver by staying with him in his stock Ford F150 pickup. "Tell that guy he could be a little nicer." says TT guy. "Why, did he do something wrong?" I say. "He was right on my *** and I was running the bikes down." (in the rain...in an AWD...yes, I would hope so) Before I could say much else, a guy on a sportbike pulls in and yells:

(relevant part)
"There's a Mini about a half mile back flipped over!" "Is everyone ok?" I reply. "I don't know." (WTF?) Apparently he saw it happen, or the aftermath, and just kept going.

So Brian is walking over from his big bad Audi killing rig, and I yell that a Mini has flipped down the road, go check it out. I start packing my gear, to run down and help as well, but the EZ-Up is soaking wet, so I just leave it and my chairs, and jump in the car. Battery's dead from listening to the radio, so I pop the trunk, clamp the jump box to the battery, which is about a 5 second process since I relocated the battery to the trunk and keep the jump box in a bin RIGHT beside the battery. (can you tell that happens a LOT?)

Brian drives about 1/2 mile, rounds a corner, and there's the car on it's passenger side. The driver's 13 year old daughter is standing there, screaming for help. Apparently the driver dropped a couple of tires off the pavement on a very gentle left-hander, I really don't think he was pushing it or anything, since he had just gone by my setup and I didn't recall any crazy antics. Driver over-corrected, shot across the road, and hit a tree, flipping the car over front-to-back like a big catapult...facing it the opposite direction it had been traveling. No airbags deployed, and the driver ended up on the passenger side, and he is a pretty big guy. The passenger managed to crawl out through the driver's side window, straight up at this point, but the driver has a shoulder injury, and quite a bit of blood on his face from what appears to be a busted nose and small cut on the forehead.

So poor girl is panicking, Brian drives by in his truck to park it around the corner with the hazards on, ensuring no one else crashes. (first order of business with incidents like this) He yells to the girl as he goes by "I'm just parking the truck! I'm NOT going to leave you! I'm NOT going to leave you! I'm NOT going to leave you!" He gets out, grabs his motorcycle helmet, and runs back past the accident scene to lay it on the road from the other direction, and slow people down. Again he has to assure her as he runs by on foot that he's NOT leaving her repeatedly.

He gets over there and sees the guy's kinda banged up, and the girl is freaking out, so he sends her over to his truck to get the first aid kit, and take her eyes and mind off the scene. I show up about this time, and Brian almost has the car pushed back over onto the wheels. I yell for him to hold up, as I don't want him to hurt his back or anything, and we quickly asess that the car is better off on it's side, out of the roadway. Flipping it back down will be violent for the guy injured inside, and just put the broken car out in the road, inhibiting traffic flow.

So we decide to try and pull the guy up through the driver's window. Brian has his good arm, and I grab his coat collar and we all three begin grunting. Finally get the guy out and on the ground beside the car...let him rest. A couple in a Cadillac stop and try to call for help on their cell and OnStar, but the cell is all digital, and nothing works. They are heading toward Maryville, (northbound) so I ask them to make the call when they get signal...no rush as everyone appears to be fairly ok. They agree, ask for proper location/mile marker info, (quick thinking on their part) and off they go.

A few minutes later a couple of Park Rangers come rolling up pulling a trailer with a bear in it! They were just on their way to release the bear into the area, and happened upon the accident scene. They take over, call for help, and the other pair of Rangers that was following in another pickup stop and setup flashy lights at both ends of the scene. I figure it's under control at this point, and need to get back before some Bubba steals my ****, so I head back to the car. Rangers stop me to say a heartfelt thanks, which was kind of surprising since I figure they get sick of all these accidents and probably figure I'm not helping matters by promoting the area, but they were really greatful and I like to think they see that we really do what we can to get folks to act right out there.

So anyway, back I go, feeling all warm and fuzzy but also hoping the father isn't in too much pain back there, and thinking the daughter is probably going to have nightmares for the next few weeks about violent car crashes. State Trooper goes by, ambulance goes by...ambulance comes back by slowly with only the driver up front. Which means the passenger paramedic is in the back with a patient...his shoulder must have been bad enough to warrant a visit to the ER, and the daughter was not leaving his side, so she was probably in there too.



Haven't heard much else...I know they were staying at Blue Boar Inn by themselves, and they were from Asheville. The car was that off-white/cream color with a checkerboard pattern along the bottom and tinted windows. Seemed to be really nice folks...I hope they're recovering well.

 

The Hot Orange 'vert that rolled is a member of our local group. Apparently the car spun on the ice, the boot hit a tall snow bank and the car basically flipped over itself.

As someone who was in an accident where her MCSC rolled onto the passenger side (not on the dragon, it happened a few months ago), I have to say it happened pretty easily.

 

I came up on that rolled car after the police had shown up and saw the ambulance making it's way up the Dragon. There appeared to be two people sitting in the grass. I did notice that around that turn, there was about a 2 foot drop off, so it would be easy to roll if you put a wheel off the road.

Hope everyone was ok. The car car still looked very drivable.