We're not sure. I was two cars behind him. I just heard the crack. He actually was airborne before he his that tree. Good thing he hit it since he would have fallen about 500 feet before he would have hit anything else...

He didn't know what had happened, and he doesn't remember the car skidding (no skidmarks either). I'm thinking target fixation... Happens a lot on motorcycles. Where you kind of freak out and tense up and don't do anything as you head for a tree or something...

Car was totaled, passenger was fine. Airbags did their trick.

This guy had spent a LOT of money on that car. Those wheels were ordered from Germany for about 2k each for instance...

Funny thing is that he was really holding his own in some pretty intense company. We were driving very hard.

BTW, I LOVE MY MIATA!!! I passed 2 Boxters at speed on difficult turns that day. Safely too...

- Jon