 Safety reminder, These cars may be stronger than I think |
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 Jun 21 2004, 12:49 PM
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FRRAX Owner/Admin  Group: Admin Posts: 15,432 Joined: 13-February 04 From: Ohio Member No.: 196  |
One of the guys in our local F-body club made a little error in judgement and destroyed his F-body. Just a reminder to be careful out there.
He seems to be mostly unhurt (great news). http://www.cofba.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ub...ic;f=7;t=003844 |
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Jun 21 2004, 01:32 PM
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Nothing says 'I love you.' like a box of Hydroshoks Group: Moderators Posts: 5,284 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 4 |
Wow! Glad the guy is OK ... but it does sound like he was a little premature in getting the car "up to speed".
Kind of reminds me of this one .... http://corner-carvers.com/forums/showthrea...&threadid=13731 |
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Jun 21 2004, 06:12 PM
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CMCer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,932 Joined: 12-February 04 From: the sticks near VIR Member No.: 194 |
Agreed Mitch. As an instructor I would not let anyone slide around until they had the track down cold without sliding. Until one really understands technique a twitch of any kind could be disastrous.
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Jun 21 2004, 06:35 PM
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FRRAX Owner/Admin Group: Admin Posts: 15,432 Joined: 13-February 04 From: Ohio Member No.: 196 |
QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Jun 21 2004, 01:12 PM) Agreed Mitch. As an instructor I would not let anyone slide around until they had the track down cold without sliding. Until one really understands technique a twitch of any kind could be disastrous. I read that whole post and it appears that he was "pushing the nose" on track out, not 'hanging the tail out" as it originally seems. It appears (after reading the whole thing) that he was doing it correctly and just made a slight, but costly, mistake (dropped a wheel going to wide). |
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Jun 21 2004, 08:25 PM
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Nothing says 'I love you.' like a box of Hydroshoks Group: Moderators Posts: 5,284 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 4 |
Yes, Dan agreed the turn came up faster than he anticipated and missed turn in.
I saw a track video, shot the next day and you could see his skid marks where it appears he was mid track in T7 at TWS ... a bad place to screw up .... |
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