Having a car auction when a storm comes is a bad idea...

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:24 am

I know quite a few are aware of Barrett Jackson auctions and the cars that go across the bidding block there. Russo and Steele is another that was gaining more popularity among the car crowd. They were holding thier auction in Arizona when a storm hit. This was no normal storm to Arizona and packed tornado like winds that knocked down the tents along with the 12 ft steel poles holding them up. Here are some of the carnage pictures of what were some truly nice collectible cars.
If you have a weak stomach you may not want to see these. http://picasaweb.google.com/tjmyers769/ ... 010Damages#

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:27 am

ouch.

that hurts a lot.

GreeNeons03 · Post by **GreeNeons03** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:34 am

I kinda laughed at the squashed Z, but everything else made me sad

That silver car with the V-12 looked bad ass!

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:03 am

Makes me extremely sad to see so many chevelles trashed.... They should send me one...

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:18 am

After the storm at the Carlisle Corvette show a few years back, I have had a fear of something like this happening while we are all at the fairgrounds there... Such a shame, all of those beautiful cars.

Panhead · Post by **Panhead** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:28 am

Wow, that is just crazy. Looks like someone took a bat and beat that black Trans-Am. I'd hate to see who has to foot the bill.

Poor Mopars.

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:48 am

Wow ... that sucks.

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:29 am

holly shit dude wtf freak storm well az is know for bad storms

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:06 am

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:39 am

Damn, this really sucks.

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:54 am

good thing that wasn't a real hemicuda, still a lose but not as much, lots of rare car there, i didn't see any mopars there that wouldn't of been repaired though so thats a good thing.

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:12 am

Man...ouch.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:35 pm

oooooh shit.
remind me on a car show here a few years ago standing around and talking - when suddenly the big tent (pavillon) next to me started to fly over me and land directly in front of my car.
That was soooooo close - but nothing happend.

Adam G · Post by **Adam G** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:03 pm

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:24 pm

:'( that is devastating.

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:16 pm

I saw pictures on MonteCarloSS.com and holy shit. They are insane.

The insurance companies are getting beat hardcore.

Always have to remember this...

Shit happens.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:24 pm

Wow thats fucked up.

Now if that was a riced out import tuner event it would've been sunny and nice.. (With lots of rice

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BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:02 am

I heard about this last Friday....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqAnXEOSLHw
^^^
There's a link that was sent to me....
Carlisle 09 I was expecting that type of weather to hit us and we lucked out big time since it blew right by us, for those of you that were there I'm pretty sure it was Saturday when we were watching the radar on my wife's laptop...

Pocahontas · Post by **Pocahontas** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:06 am

That's a heartbreaker!

We were lucky at Carlisle, hope the luck persists!

rOniN · Post by **rOniN** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:41 am

wow...that is depressing. Good thing most of those cars are fixable just might not be able to hold the same value since some parts might not match exactly....

Looks like my Chevelle will go up in value ever so slightly....

suave23 · Post by **suave23** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:46 am

I bet they were wishing they wouldn't gone through Barrett-Jackson instead, lol.

That really sucks though, I know I would've been absolutely sick if any one of those cars were mine. There were quite a few of cars in there that would be extremely hard to find parts for, especially that old Corvette race car.

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:10 pm

Panhead wrote:Wow, that is just crazy. Looks like someone took a bat and beat that black Trans-Am. I'd hate to see who has to foot the bill.

The black one ?? Yes, I think that was the worst one.
It's amazing how much damage that one had.

- Nick

JeffB#2 · Post by **JeffB#2** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:33 pm

20 years ago at Brainerd Int'l Raceway in MN a tornado came thru during the afternoon on a racve day, on the ground. Cars, trucks and trailers with cars inside rolled upside down, etc. There is a tunnel that goes under the track right about the starting line. Almost everyone on the property was herded into the tunnel, very packed. It's about 8' wide and open on each end with just stairs going up. Lots of trees blown down with damage to everything on that part of the property. Same kind of deal, shit happens.

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:47 pm

JeffB#2 wrote:20 years ago at Brainerd Int'l Raceway in MN a tornado came thru during the afternoon on a racve day, on the ground. Cars, trucks and trailers with cars inside rolled upside down, etc. There is a tunnel that goes under the track right about the starting line. Almost everyone on the property was herded into the tunnel, very packed. It's about 8' wide and open on each end with just stairs going up. Lots of trees blown down with damage to everything on that part of the property. Same kind of deal, shit happens.

It's good to know that they HAVE this 'tunnel' available.

Is this the same place that they used to have the annual "MoPars in the Park" show ??

As for scheduling the auction..... These are planned months in advance, so it is hard to predict when a storm is going to brew up.

- Nick

JeffB#2 · Post by **JeffB#2** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:59 pm

No, the car show was in Shakopee at a paved oval track, south of Minneapolis. Brainerd is about 120 or so miles north of there. Drag strip and ~2 1/2 mile road course. I remember going there in the early '70s with the folks to watch Paul Newman race on the road course.