View video of him crashing during VLN Nordschleife 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RufK2PuOac8

Rupert said: "At the beginning of the tree-lined Wipperman section, there is a small ridge. I believe I was slightly off line and, as I was coming over the ridge with car underload, the back suddenly stepped out. My mistake was to have too much lock on and using too much throttle. Once the car broke away, I was a passenger totally out of control. The brutal and unforgiving Armco, 5 ft from the edge of the track, was soon found. The end result being a smashed rear corner, broken defuser front and back. The car ricocheted back across the track and hit the other side. Luckily the competition was so far behind that I did not get collected by another car. A valuable lesson better learned in the VLN than in the main 24-hour race."

See also: http://www.douglas-pennant-racing.co.uk/

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