Thread: Jacques Villeneuve (Elder) Injured in Snowmobile Accident

I wasn't sure where to put this, but I'll put it here because Jacques Villeneuve raced CART in the 80's.

Jacques Villeneuve (52), the brother of former F1 racer Gilles Villeneuve, is in a Wisconsin area hospital with serious back and lower body injuries following a snowmobile crash at a race over the weekend.

As he was pulling off the course, Villeneuve's sled was struck from behind by another compeitor, who was travelling at more than 225 km. Villeneuve was thrown and struck by the same sled which had just slammed into his disabled snowmobile.

He will need up to 8 months to recover from his injuries.

Originally Posted by saltysurprise

That's gotta hurt... Did I read that right?? 225 km/hr!?!?!! On a freakin' showmobile?!?

They sure can. My dad knows a guy who builds race and drag sonwmobiles. Think Moto GP of snowmobiles.

0-100mp/h in under 6 seconds... no problem. 250km/h...no problem.

Oh man, that is bad. How fast is that in miles per hour ?

Originally Posted by DanicaRules

Oh man, that is bad. How fast is that in miles per hour ?

225km/h = 140mph/h

You guys really need to learn the metric system.

Originally Posted by saltysurprise

I think I've posted this link before, but it's an invaluable conversion calculator, so here it is again 'Look smarter than your friends!'
www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

B**ch please!

I can most of the common calculations in my head.

That's what you get when you're taught in a metric in school, but grow up working on Fords.

Originally Posted by saltysurprise

Ahahahahaha!! But you can't construct 2 sentences without major grammar eff ups!

Are you channelling Harakimi??

It's not so much my grammar, when I do hand written essays (like in exams) my grammar is always spot-on. It's just I think so much faster than I type that my fingers can't keep up with my mind, and I mis-spell words, or miss words entirely.