Well it isn't a modern roll cage, but there is a bulkhead in front of the engine compartment, & what ever they have hidden away in there, it's pretty strong. Leno can't stop cracking funnies, even after being shaken & stirred. Quite a man..
Being rather OCD, ADD and lots of other acronyms... I don't know if anyone else noticed, but although the car looked like it rolled 2 or 3 times... it was only edited to look that way. The big sticky slicks, locked diff and high CofG .... with a bump or 2 in the track at exactly the wrong place... meant the car rolled, slid backwards and over onto its wheels again. After the clever editing, it appears it went over multiple times... however, if we saw the accident in real time from one camera, it was just a slow, simple, single roll over. It appears that in the 'several' roll overs, that Jay's arm is almost going out the window several times... but it is only one roll (imo) and I do think he knocked his wrist on the tarmac, but not badly.
I also noticed the steering wheel didn't have the usual wrap of white tape to show straight ahead, so it is possible he got the steering wheel a few degrees off when the big rear slicks started to bounce, when the front wheels gripped, they were turned and he didn't recognise the steering wheel was off centre until the fat lady had started singing already...
What never ceases to amaze me is how human bodies turn into missiles when subjected to high g loadings. Look at how far Leno gets thrown out of his seat in those rolls even with a full harness on - he looks like a rag doll getting chucked around in there. I guarantee he would have been very stiff and sore that night too after the adrenaline stopped pumping, sort of like getting beaten up by a street gang!
i saw it this morning. i like the drivers comment. "it's gonna need a new body" oh well, im sure leno could "help" with rebuild. i know if that car was sentimental to me, and i was jay, id probably help with cash situation. and i think off the record, leno will.
I was impressed with so little sheet-metal damage which has to be thanks to the roll cage.I also think having the engine in the rear actually helped bring the car down instead of another roll over.All in all it ended well with nothing more than bruised egos and some ones wallet getting opened up for the repairs...'Boomer'...
What never ceases to amaze me is how human bodies turn into missiles when subjected to high g loadings. Look at how far Leno gets thrown out of his seat in those rolls even with a full harness on - he looks like a rag doll getting chucked around in there. I guarantee he would have been very stiff and sore that night too after the adrenaline stopped pumping, sort of like getting beaten up by a street gang!
Mark, I know what you mean.When I drove my '68 Corolla off a bridge I was too occupied to pay attention to the dynamics of what I was experiencing.Not until after the event did some one tell me I had a goose egg knot on my fore head from hyper extension and hitting the steering wheel.It really is amazing how far the human body can bend,stretch,flex and still stay together...'Boomer'...
I was impressed with so little sheet-metal damage which has to be thanks to the roll cage.
That is why I was saying, the editing looks like the car rolled 3 or 4 times at high speed... but if you watch closely, the car slows right down then just tips at the last minute about as fast as you can run.... then just rolled over and slipped backwards and landed on its wheels... they show the first shot almost the entire roll over, then they show in the car, then they show the whole roll again from a second camera... then the internal footage again... then they show the last 3/3rds of the rollover again with the film sped up.... so it looks like the car did somersaults and handstands at 400 mph for 30 seconds... and it looks like Leno was in a clothes dryer on full speed for the entire time. It is just clever editing of one slow roll over that was over in about 3 seconds....
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I also noticed the steering wheel didn't have the usual wrap of white tape to show straight ahead, so it is possible he got the steering wheel a few degrees off when the big rear slicks started to bounce, when the front wheels gripped, they were turned and he didn't recognise the steering wheel was off centre until the fat lady had started singing already...
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That is why I was saying, the editing looks like the car rolled 3 or 4 times at high speed... but if you watch closely, the car slows right down then just tips at the last minute about as fast as you can run.... then just rolled over and slipped backwards and landed on its wheels... they show the first shot almost the entire roll over, then they show in the car, then they show the whole roll again from a second camera... then the internal footage again... then they show the last 3/3rds of the rollover again with the film sped up.... so it looks like the car did somersaults and handstands at 400 mph for 30 seconds... and it looks like Leno was in a clothes dryer on full speed for the entire time. It is just clever editing of one slow roll over that was over in about 3 seconds....