I went to LACR tonight and traction was horrible, I had to get out of it on the first run.
Second run started off better but right after I hit 4th my car started loosing traction and started fishtailing, first to the left and the to the right.
I literally went over the finsih line sideways traking both sensors (left lane 12.8 at 96 mph and right lane 13.1) unfortunately I swirled against the wall, after that I got control back.

thank god I am ok and the car is as well, except I will need a new rear bumber and right rear lights.

It was very cold tonight in Palmdale and I guess the track was just too cold. Every car running faster than 13's had to gert out of it, I just got out a fraction of a second too late...

Be careful out there...

 

Tom I can get you stock rear lights call me 323-572-4513 Ed

 

Glad your alright and thanks for posting your scary experience. We all need to read about things like this so we can not take our "good luck" for granted.

 

Good thing your OK, a car is just a car...got lucky

 

Glad to hear that you're ok, and that there's not too much damage.

 

Hey Thomas good to hear your Ok. I got a pair of rear clear lights if it helps.

 

Holy smokes....glad you survived. Any pics of the damage? You must have really done some exceptional driving to save yourself from total disaster. I imagine you were sliding around at about 115mph or so??

 

Glad your ok Tom. Be careful. I want to see you beat those Supras

 

thanks guys.
I got a very good deal on the replacement parts from Performance Nissan.

It was a very scary experience and I can tell I am very proud of myself being able to get control back of the car. A friend took a video but ran out of memory right when I lost control so you don't see much.
I'm also lucky that the Civic I was racing was very slow otherwise this could have gotten very ugly

 

Wow-sorry to hear this, but glad your ok. You didnt happen to catch this on video did you? I know you record some of your runs....

 

Do you have a in-car camera by any chance?

 

wow, ya that can make ya have to change your trunks when your done. glad to see your fine and the car just had very simple damage. just to remind everyone, insurance won't cover ya at the track!!! whats that saying from that older movie w/ burt reynolds, "you better either wreck or win!!!" looks like you followed tradition and did both also, lol. what tires are you running? whats your boost or rwhp?

 

That's not always true. I'm sure you've seen the video of the yellow Z06 blowing it's hood off of the car right after launch at a drag strip. That was my friend's Z06. He told State Farm exactly what happened and they covered the whole thing, even his mods. Depends on your insurance company.

 

wow...scary. When I saw your thread title I was worried I was going to read about a beautiful Twin Turbo Z getting totalled. You are very lucky that you had the minimal damage that you did. Glad to hear you're ok.

 

sorry to hear about the accident. Glad your ok. I would have went if I would have seen your post earlier that you were going. sounds like It was a good thing i didn't go. If you need a great body shop to paint let me know the one I use is awesome.

 

I got very lucky but I have to also say that driving experience played a big part in me getting out ok, I didn't panic, stayed calm and tried my best to get the situation under control.
Once I got off the track and people started runing towards me making sure I was ok that's when the shakes started...

In terms of video as I said before we have the run but the camera ran out of memory right when I lost control. I will upload it once I get it but you don't see much.

 

WOW! Glad that you are okay and the car is not too bad Keep racing and be safe man