[NSFW] Mid-A Epic Random-ness: Third Encounter

kyle22 · 2012-03-04 21:23:59

Not you. Remember I have off all weekends now. :icon14:

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Aug 13, 2012 | 11:59 AM

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Not you.

Remember I have off all weekends now.

Aug 13, 2012 | 12:00 PM

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Ill PM you my cell

You going to the ALMS race Saturday? Why not the main race Sunday?

Aug 13, 2012 | 12:04 PM

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Cant believe non of you fun loving car guys arent going to the Baltimore Grand Prix.

Last year was nuts, this year its gonna be crazier.

Mid-A = Deep pockets, short arms....

I'll be racing for a national championship 1300mi away. Otherwise I would be there!

Aug 13, 2012 | 12:10 PM

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Well good luck man, maybe next year.

All these Mid-A J's its sad...

Aug 13, 2012 | 12:22 PM

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Ill PM you my cell

You going to the ALMS race Saturday? Why not the main race Sunday?

I usually do a big pig roast that weekend. Now that they are having the race its hard to do both. Plus I love the ALMS cars. Seeing the IRLs practice is good enough for me. Its just a preference thing I guess.

Aug 13, 2012 | 02:27 PM

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Anyone ever ship anything with greyhound?

Aug 13, 2012 | 02:33 PM

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A fellow national autocrosser that I know (we used to be in the same class)....

From Pikes Peak:

Pic of aftermath:

Yuri (navigator)...just a dislocated shoulder:

Jeremy (driver)...walked away with just some bruises.

Miracle...me thinks yes.

Aug 13, 2012 | 02:40 PM

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A fellow national autocrosser that I know (we used to be in the same class)....

From Pikes Peak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjygs1z4yUk

Pic of aftermath:

Yuri (navigator)...just a dislocated shoulder:

Jeremy (driver)...walked away with just some bruises.

Miracle...me thinks yes.

Pikes Peak....

Will you be racing there?

Aug 13, 2012 | 02:45 PM

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I don't know...

Truth be told. It is beyond my comfort zone. You have to be a little bit crazy to tackle that mtn. I've been up it in a normal car (at the speed limit), and even that can be somewhat nerve-racking.

Aug 13, 2012 | 02:47 PM

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Amazing either of those guys survived and with such minor injuries.

Aug 13, 2012 | 02:56 PM

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Here is Monsters in-car from 2011. The mountain is now paved all the way to the summit. There are ~150 turns, and if you get one even a little wrong you are hitting one of three thing.....people, trees or boulders the size of houses.

Oh yeah, there are virtually no guardrails and some places have over a 2,000' drop before you hit people, trees or boulders.

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Aug 13, 2012 | 02:57 PM

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Another thing to keep in mind...above 12000' an NA 350z is probably slower than a prius at sea level.

Aug 13, 2012 | 03:17 PM

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I'm assuming you trailer your car when you go so far away for racing, right?

Aug 13, 2012 | 03:26 PM

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Just finished the video...damn..

If only I could even drive that road one time.

Aug 13, 2012 | 03:36 PM

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The pucker factor is such that you could turn a pebble into a diamond with your ******* once you get above the tree line. Also, this year it was snowing for the final 500' to the summit towards the end of the day.

Yes, I trailer my car to all events. Close or far.