[Mojave]

For those not on Corner Carvers on a regular basis, this is a pretty neat thread. There are some f-bodies in there, so it is kinda frrax related. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

http://forums.corner-carvers.com/showthread.php?t=35972

This post has been edited by Mojave: Oct 17 2007, 01:00 PM

[CrashTestDummy]

Wow, I really hope I am some day well-off enough to be able to put a $100K+ car on a wet track and drive it around at speed without worrying what happens if I hit a puddle of water in a turn. Or worse, have someone else hit a puddle in a turn and collect me on the way to the guardrail.

Even then, I hope I still have the brains to just leave it on the trailer and sit back with a cold one, watching the other idiots going around the wet track. Sorry, while neat to look at, I just can't get past the bit about balling up a car I have put so much time and/or money into. I'd have to sit that one out. But that's just me. Beautiful cars, though. Thanks.

[PeteL]

Wow, I really hope I am some day well-off enough to be able to put a $100K+ car on a wet track and drive it around at speed without worrying what happens if I hit a puddle of water in a turn. Or worse, have someone else hit a puddle in a turn and collect me on the way to the guardrail.

Even then, I hope I still have the brains to just leave it on the trailer and sit back with a cold one, watching the other idiots going around the wet track. Sorry, while neat to look at, I just can't get past the bit about balling up a car I have put so much time and/or money into. I'd have to sit that one out. But that's just me. Beautiful cars, though. Thanks.

I understand your reluctance to drive in the rain. I deal with this with students everytime it rains, but it isn't as bad as it looks. I personally think you might change your mind if you tried it under the right circumstances...an HPDE with an instructor. My humble suggestion is to grab an experienced instructor and get your feet wet next time you have the opportunity.

I was at a two day event earlier this year where the was a fatality one day and it rained one day...they weren't the same day.

I've been open tracking for 10 years, instructing for 8 years and have seen plenty of wrecks, none of them in the rain. In a HPDE format, if you spin, put four off, or wreck you are driving over your head....period. It has nothing to do with whether the track is wet or dry.

Just my opinion, not trying to start a war.