mid-ohio crash
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just watched that video...he was well into 5th gear, he had to be doing over 100 when he slid off track. Mid-Ohio needs to take a look at that and build up that sand trap so cars arent getting airborne when they go off there.
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Here's a great post by the driver (from the Waterford Hills Racing forum):
The corner worker's professionalism and skills were FAR superior to any other event i have attended. As for me I'll try to be back but I honestly don't know if i will be able to race again and stay married. One other thing I wanted to throw out there that most of you probably know but I never really though of as a rookie....one of the first things you should do when learning a new track is to evaluate every medium and high speed corner and study the terrain and features of the run off area and ask yourself...what should i do at this corner if i can't stop, either from complete brake failure or just coming in a bit to hot? I would think more times than not the answer would be to run off in a straight line. Maybe consciously studying these run off areas would counteract your instinct to try to make the turn. As for me, I vaguely knew that a sand trap called china beach was down there (run off area is down hill so hard to see much of it) but never payed attention to how massive it was or what layed beyond it (big tire wall). I think in the heat of the moment i was subconsciously thinking a concrete wall was lurking someone down there so my instinct told me to turn or die which initiated the infamous cartwheel effect.
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Makes me a bit leery as im doing another HPDE at mid-ohio in just a few weeks hehe. Last time I was up to about 120ish before hard braking where his brakes failed. Might take it a bit easier at the end of that straight this time
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Originally Posted by Art Vandaleigh
Makes me a bit leery as im doing another HPDE at mid-ohio in just a few weeks hehe. Last time I was up to about 120ish before hard braking where his brakes failed. Might take it a bit easier at the end of that straight this time
What club is that with? In HPDE3 with stock power and Azenis street tires, I'm at 125 before I brake at the end of the back straight. On slicks in a full race car I imagine he was at least 130.
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It's an SCCA race car, although I'm not sure it was a SCCA event. In T2 he would have been on DOT R-compound tires and last year in my 350Z I was seeing 131 MPH in fifth gear before braking at that point.
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Originally Posted by Zippy_z
the cabin stayed very well intact. That thing seemed like with would never stop flipping and flying
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Holy chit, thats one hell of a yard sale. Wonder if they made him pay for the fence.
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I read it was a SCCA Regional race and he was leading T2 when this happened.
http://sccaforums.com/forums/thread/320303.aspx
http://sccaforums.com/forums/thread/320303.aspx
Last edited by jmark; 09-10-2008 at 03:25 AM.