That sucks for the driver of that champ car, if he was coming over the crest he probably had very limited traction to make a correction to his overall angle of attack.
I nailed a deer on 80 right on the Nevada/Utah border about a year ago in my Mazda rally car, all I can say is I was doing about 85mph and it was pitch black a couple of big rigs came on the other side so I was a little light blind (as well as tired had been up since 5am and it was about 2am when I crossed the state line) when I got my vision back I just saw this head and eyes staring at me. I swerved as much as I could towards the shoulder without flipping the car and managed to swipe the deer with my fender/door and A piller (the head hit my A piller, right where the rollcage connected to it).
I think if I had just braked I would have been a goner.
Mike
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