2013 Proving Grounds

[s1ngletracker]

They should probably require people to do a few laps with an instructor before open lapping, especially if they have a high powered car.

Do they do any tech inspections?

I know chumpcars have nowhere near the power of some of those cars, but I have never seen anyone come close to that wall beyond 12. All the more reason to be careful about letting inexperienced people let fly with those things.

At the same time, you can only protect people from themselves so much.

[Dark2g]

I have a good pic of the Subaru on the flatbed as it was passing if someone wants me to text it to u. I don't have a way to post pic.
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[s1ngletracker]

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[asshanson]

Holy crap! Did his brakes go out too?

[Shane@DBPerformance]

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[Halon]

Holy cow. This all re-enforces my fear/respect for turnsies. I'm a straight line guy, not that it doesn't come without it's own risks either. I just don't have the balls for hard turns at high mph.

[Dizmm]

The guy in the Subaru was pretty experienced, it wasn't his first time by any means.

Stuff like this happens, and I really hope more people start to take road course stuff more seriously. I cant tell you how many people I lectured this weekend about car prep (specifically brakes).

[Goat Blower]

There were three instructors giving rides Sunday morning. I went out with a guy in a 400whp Evo on slicks. Scared the crap out of me, but he showed me all the lines and had a lot of good advice. The other newbs went with one of the girls in an STI. We ended passing a lot higher horsepower Z06 that couldn't put down the power in the rain. AWD dominated the day yesterday.

[Goat Blower]

Stuff like this happens, and I really hope more people start to take road course stuff more seriously. I cant tell you how many people I lectured this weekend about car prep (specifically brakes).

That was my take-away from the weekend, I'll be upgrading my brakes before I ever get out on the course again. I could feel mine fading by the end of each session but would come back -5% each time the new session started.

After a quick tune on E85, I estimate I was making about 350whp, so power was definitely not a problem.

[Alpha D]

Anyone else besides me dying to see some footage of this madness!? Wades insane run of 9.2 what did Mark run? I heard about spazzy today as well, sounds like quite a few people have issues with brakes...and making sure their vehicle is up to par. Im sure spaz wasnt being reckless he is a pretty good driver at least from what ive seen and heard over the years on this forum :( Im sad about his evo...even more disturbed about his injuries hope he recovers soon!