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Driver Doing 'Doughnuts' In Parking Lot Dies
The Indy Channel ^ | 07/18/07

Posted on 07/20/2007 11:45:50 AM PDT by Abathar

(SUV On CSU Lot Flips)

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A driver doing "doughnuts" in a parking lot near the Colorado State University campus was killed Wednesday night when his vehicle flipped and crashed.

The incident occurred at about 8 p.m. in the parking lot of CSU's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory.

A witness told the Fort Collins Coloradan that the driver pulled into the parking lot and then gunned the accelerator.

The driver was thrown from behind the wheel to the passenger side and then out the window, witnesses said. The vehicle flipped and partially rolled over the victim, a CSU spokesman said.

Three other people in the Ford Explorer were not hurt.

All of the occupants were in their late teens or early 20s. The victim has not been identified. Police are investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a role.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: doh; doughnuts
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To: Abathar

41 posted on 07/20/2007 12:02:37 PM PDT by texas_mrs
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To: Clam Digger
I owned a 66 with the 396/425 motor. It would do donuts real well until it met up with Mr. Tree.
42 posted on 07/20/2007 12:02:51 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Clam Digger
I owned a 66 with the 396/425 motor. It would do donuts real well until it met up with Mr. Tree.
43 posted on 07/20/2007 12:02:52 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Abathar

Those killer SUVs again.


44 posted on 07/20/2007 12:03:36 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
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To: Abathar
"....Yeah, and to think everyone knows you always do the donuts with a right hand turn, this idiot uses and Explorer and turned left, onto the drive tire...."

Is there really a signifigance to that? This is the first I've ever heard of it.

It would explain why I, a left-hander, can't perform a decent doughnut.

45 posted on 07/20/2007 12:03:40 PM PDT by -=SoylentSquirrel=- (Escape From Fear! Escape TO Fear!)
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To: billbears
I've seen some stupid things but doing donuts in an SUV?

That why he gets the Darwin award, to stupid to read the warning on the back of the visor, and no common sense.

46 posted on 07/20/2007 12:03:54 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

” It would do donuts real well until it met up with Mr. Tree.”

Then it got a split personality — which led to a double post.


47 posted on 07/20/2007 12:04:32 PM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: Old Professer

Yeah, polite terms for ugly things. Must remain civilized when we try to tell people they bled like butchered hog...


48 posted on 07/20/2007 12:04:47 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

My old 93 buick roadmaster was great at donuts. I wish I hadn’t sold it... I’d be kickin up dirt everywhere.


49 posted on 07/20/2007 12:05:21 PM PDT by Ainast
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To: Tarantulas

And the school who owned the parking lot, the makers of the material the lot was paved with and the cement manufacturer that produced the cement for the curbs, etc. Have I left anyone out?


50 posted on 07/20/2007 12:05:25 PM PDT by TDA2
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
Is this a “hold my beer and watch this” moment? And would the cans of beer found at the scene have a fish on them, you know the DummBass brand for DummBasses.
51 posted on 07/20/2007 12:06:15 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Minn
Don't donuts usually require a little snow or ice anyway,

Are you trying to get in line for the award?

52 posted on 07/20/2007 12:06:47 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: -=SoylentSquirrel=-
Most rear wheel cars use the back right tire as the drive tire, unless you have positraction. When you turn right and do it the weight of the car goes to the left, onto the non drive tire, causing the right tire to lose traction and slip free easier.

One of those things you just figure out for yourself with practice...

53 posted on 07/20/2007 12:08:01 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: -=SoylentSquirrel=-
Is there really a signifigance to that?

NO

Guess the poster has never seen anyone do a figure 8.

54 posted on 07/20/2007 12:09:21 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: org.whodat

Much easier with positraction, your drive tire breaks free with less torque when its in the inside of the turn.


55 posted on 07/20/2007 12:11:49 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: No Truce With Kings

And a bent frame.


56 posted on 07/20/2007 12:12:33 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: billbears
It can be done. Look no further than these SUVs ... of course, it helps if you are not under the influence ...


57 posted on 07/20/2007 12:12:56 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: HungarianGypsy

Wow, nice ride! Yeah, that was ovver 20 years ago for me.

I used to also push stray shopping carts with that car. The big, v-shaped chrome bumper was perfect for getting shopping carts up to about 50 mph, and stopping short so they hit the curb and went flying up in the air.


58 posted on 07/20/2007 12:15:25 PM PDT by Clam Digger
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To: Daffynition
but the X Drive System in the Beemer would keep it from flipping .... it really is amazing to drive

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59 posted on 07/20/2007 12:16:07 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Abathar

another cool car, the Blues Mobile! I worked for the guy who lived aross the street, who owned a serrvice station. All the used tires i wanted, free!


60 posted on 07/20/2007 12:16:46 PM PDT by Clam Digger
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