MustGoFaster
07-02-2010, 12:19 AM
Hmm... Trying to picture this in my head... Turn 7 is a slight left into turn 8 which is a slight right before the cloverleaf?? I have lost it between 7/8 as I tried taking it without stopping at all. I made 7 but lost the rear sliding off the outside of the track at 8 and did 2 complete circles before stopping. I can't remember any walls there as I slid FAR off the track. I have also spun out on the clover leaf turn as I was a little heavy on the gas pedal and did a complete cicle on the pavement before sliding off the track. Both times were in James' viper :) I am pretty confident the car will never roll unless I hit something while sliding.
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I lost it through 7. 8 is the clover leaf. The wall isn't particularly close but not much more than 2x-3X the track width away (100-200 feet?). At 60-70 MPH, 100-200 feet isn't a ton of space. I'll admit to be being optimistic at my speed for turn 7. There where a couple of things I could have done different to not be in the wall. Hind sight is 20/20. As a friend has noted I was more pissed about losing the AX event the weekend before than I was about bending my car up at BIR.
All in all I might come out of this a little bit better if I get the chassis I have my eye on right now. Hopefully everything works out. Either way, it's my own mistake, I won't say it was anything other than driver error.
http://www.brainerdraceway.com/images/stories/grounds/maps/25roadcourse_505.gif
I lost it through 7. 8 is the clover leaf. The wall isn't particularly close but not much more than 2x-3X the track width away (100-200 feet?). At 60-70 MPH, 100-200 feet isn't a ton of space. I'll admit to be being optimistic at my speed for turn 7. There where a couple of things I could have done different to not be in the wall. Hind sight is 20/20. As a friend has noted I was more pissed about losing the AX event the weekend before than I was about bending my car up at BIR.
All in all I might come out of this a little bit better if I get the chassis I have my eye on right now. Hopefully everything works out. Either way, it's my own mistake, I won't say it was anything other than driver error.