Hitting a coyote at 200MPH (warning, slightly graphic)

[comp-spec]

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a Gibbs NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds earlier this week and came onto the radio and told his crew something rather unusual.

“Guys, I hit a coyote,” Coleman said.

Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the 10-mile test track when he saw the animal wander under the outside guardrail.

“I’m in the middle of the corner, and I’m doing like 190,” Coleman said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before practicing his Nationwide Series car. “I’m just cruising. You run the high line there, because that’s where the most banking is. It’s the high-speed lane. There’s just a guardrail there like on the freeway.


It made quite a mess of the car
“I see this thing, it must’ve been 100 feet in front of me, just jump out. Right when I saw it come out from under the guardrail, I was like, ‘That’s a coyote.’”

“It just started smoking like crazy,” Coleman said. “And it smelled terrible. I didn’t see anything in the mirror, so I was like, ‘I wonder where it went?’ I said, ‘Guys, I hit a coyote. I’m going to come in because I think it screwed up the radiator. I think it clogged up the grille a little bit.’”

http://www.competition-specialties.com/pics/Coyote11.jpg
http://www.competition-specialties.com/pics/Coyote21.jpg
http://www.competition-specialties.com/pics/Coyote31.jpg
http://www.competition-specialties.com/pics/Coyote41.jpg

[XLexusTech]

Some poor intern or Newbie low man on the pole type has some rough and discusting times in front of him

[Cread01]

I hate to laugh at something like that but i'm crackin up. I can't imagine hitting something like that at 60 let alone 200

[jeff hanson]

:wow: In the words of "Tommy Boy"... "I swear I've seen a lot of stuff in my life....but that.... was......AWESOME!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4STTYu-wkU

[Hdesign]

I guess the ACME rocket skates didn't help.....MEEP MEEP!

[Aschle]

I guess the ACME rocket skates didn't help.....MEEP MEEP!

LOL !!!


Jason

[tones2SS]

Oh man.
That's gonna leave a mark!!:rofl:

[mazspeed]

I'm sorry but no way was he going 190. There would be much more damage.

[jeff hanson]

I'm sorry but no way was he going 190. There would be much more damage.
Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing and there would be nothing left of that coyote...

[BritishGreen68]

thats gross

[70rs]

Not that you would want to look closer, but I can believe the 190 statement. The skin and skull are the only parts left in the front of the car. The rest is pretty much liquified in the engine compartment. So there is really nothing left of the dog. It is gross. But it is very funny. I'd hate to be the guy cleaning that up.

[manny z]

man, i would hate to be the new guy in this team cause, I know what i would have to do.:lol:

[214Chevy]

Uh Oh, you'd better expect a call from the folks at PETA buddy. LOL!

[70rs]

P.E.T.A. = Please Eat Them All.

[GM Muscle]

stupid animals die first...

[Beegs]

P.E.T.A. = Please Eat Them All.

PETA also = people eat tasty animals

[MarkM66]

Not to worry, it was just a couple scratches. Soon after the pics were taken, the coyote pulled itself off the car, and ran away.

http://tipt3.utoledo.edu/starters/coyote/coyote2a.jpg









;)

[BRIAN]

Slightly graphic?? I hate to see what you think graphic is? LOL!!

Cool pic just took a couple cringes to really look at it. Call me a ***** but I am a animal lover.

Imagine pulling up to the car wash with that hanging out of your grille.

[70rs]

I love animals too. Most of them taste great with a little BBQ sauce! :D
Ok, really. I would never do something like that on purpose. But I also won't put myself in the ditch to avoid one. This is how the dumb ones get removed from the gene pool.

[Cread01]

The only thing that would make this story better is if the car was a road runner.

[awr68]

Ned can fix it!!

[CptKlutz]

Talk about road kill! And it's going to make an unusual item on the guys trophy wall. :D

[Bow Tie 67]

Some poor intern or Newbie low man on the pole type has some rough and discusting times in front of him

I know the feeling, years ago I was assigned a thrust reverser repair on a B757. The engine ingested, at least, 4 canadian geese three days before the NTSB allowed us to start work on it. Yuk!!

[RECOVERY ROOM]

The only thing that would make this story better is if the car was a road runner.

That's the best one yet...:lol: :lol:

[AJSZR2326]

this i saw a few years ago with a deer and a bmw
http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt48/FNQWICK/bmxdeer01.jpg

[waynieZ]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm Venison on the grill .

[CraigMorrison]

I am a animal lover.

I love animals too - on the BBQ :lol:

Sorry, couldn't resist

/not much love for coyotes - attacked my cocker spaniel during the summer, killed my parent's cat on Christmas Eve

[70rs]

this i saw a few years ago with a deer and a bmw
http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt48/FNQWICK/bmxdeer01.jpg

WOW! That BMW just sucked the whole deer in there! That is amazing it wadded up that way.

[KSBRKTRACER]

In the words of Joe Dirt.........that sh** will buff.........!!!!!!!!!!

[DFRESH]

After seeing the first post, I was thinking, wow, bet I will never see that again--so I scroll down the thread and bada bing bada bang. You guys are killing me. I'm waiting now for the next thread to start that's titled "Mother-In-Law in the grill pics" --come on, post um up:lol:

[terryr]

First time I've seen a car chasing a dog.

That's one crazy hood ornament.

The car was hungry after running laps.

How not to take your dog for a run.

[that BMW photo is a fox I think.]