Tony Nuzzo Rolls in Phoenix (w/Video)

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We’ve held off posting this for awhile to give the Whiteroofradio servers a break. However DB assures me that they can handle the MotoringFile user load… so here it is. Tony Nuzzo flippping his MINI race car at Phoenix last year during a race. I actually saw this on Speed before I heard what had happened. Needless to say it’s still on my TIVO. Check it out:

[ Tony Nuzzo Flipping ] Whiteroofradio (9MB/QT)

Written By: Gabe

http://www.teammightyminiz.com Doug

Woof!
giacomo

YEHAWWW! RIDE ‘EM COWBOY. Welcome to the “I Over Cooked it Saloon.”
Bob

Hard to believe that Mini kept going after that.
jdmarino

Glad nobody was hurt.
http://xp.solidhelium.com Lucas

Looks like when he tried to drive defensively he didn’t leave enough room at corner exist and just went straight off the pavement.

The MINI is pretty tough though :) Drove back to the pits under its own power AND with all 4 wheels on the car!
http://www.nemini.org GMINI

i hope tony wakes up feelin just fine tomorrow morning….
ChiliCooperS

I’m getting sound but no video?
Allan

Respect!
gruswitz

It still didn’t look as impressive a flip as David Rose must have done on last year on the Hudson Bay Mini run. If only we had video! His drove home too.
Absorbine_Sr

All was well since he returned the shiny side to its proper upright postion. Very cool video.
ChrisW

Ouch. Maybe I won’t autocross my MCSc after all….
Vanwall
Almost as good as Christabel Carlisle’s driving her Mini Cooper OVER another Mini – while it was rolling. It’s nice to see how tough the MINI is, tho.
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               Rob in Dago
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giacomo

All but forgot about Mr. Rose. I wonder if he he will be venturing up that way again?
O(=^=)O Capn

Thanks DB!
Erik

Me too. No video, just audio.
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

Anyone not getting the audio may need to update their Quicktime player. It does indeed play with audio if you have a newer version of Quicktime.

Apple.com/quicktime/
Siddhartha

Good evidence of the benefit to drivers of the safety requirements in racing; very little damage on rollover and no indication of anything collapsing, or even any broken glass like we saw at Laguna in December. Tough little beast, ain’t it? Definitly an E-Ticket ride for the driver!

ChrisW: I wouldn’t worry about autocrossing; you’re never going to be able to get close to the speed Nuzzo had built up and you won’t find any curbs either, but it is said that if you go road racing you should consider your racecar expendable.
http://www.jayandjennifer.com MrV

Any news on what made the passenger door come off? Where did the mechanism fail? There’s a picture linked on the whiteroofradio site that shows the door frame and it looks remarkably intact.

– Jay
Tim

Was this car a “standard” MINI or was it modified with a roll cage etc. for racing?
Brian

Was this car a ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œstandardÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â MINI or was it modified with a roll cage etc. for racing?

Its stock from the dealer, even the paint job is stock. You just have to select the Tony Nuzzo Sport Package from the MINI configurator online.
Lee L

There is a fair amount of detail over in the Nuzzo Racing forum at http://www.northamericanmotoring.com . Basically, it starts out as a showroom car and they are allowed certain modifications to some parts and none to others. The interior is pretty much stripped out and there are roll bars.
j

just got back from snowboarding up in killington and all i have to say is this…..granted it does have a roll cage, but this would make one hell of a commecial….. like the tundra commercial where it gets blown up by a meteor
Adam E

I’ve seen this several times since the original posting, but I’d like to show my coworkers. We have QT, but not picture, only sound. Do we need a new version of QT? Any chance there’s a WMP version around? Is that even possible?
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

You’ll probably wan the latest version of QT.
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