Lan.Jet

Saturday I ran with SCDA at Lime Rock and temps were about 50. And as usual one of the drivers didn’t wait to get the tires up to temp and this is what happened to a Viper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWmokh07wY

RedLS1GTO

That looked like a HIT more than a spin!

How bad was the car?

Lan.Jet

Yes it was a bad hit it looked like all body panels were damaged. I was showered with viper pieces luckily it did fly back on the track.
I didn’t have a very good day either. On the third run I think I bent a push rod. It is making a real racket

The Panther

Dang that looked pretty nasty, but that flag came out quickly.

WNeal

Always hate to see that

John Shiels

Viper probably didn't have the wheels straight coming over the hill. You can get some air on that hill! Looks like an exspensive hit! Good flagger is very important there. One person died last year.

c4cruiser

Looks like he did get some air. If you view the vidoe in full-screen, you can just see some daylight under the rear wheels as he goes over the crest of the hill.

Lan.Jet

I agree very good flagger! he had the yellow out before the car was off the track. I think they have been doing it so long they can tell when some one is off line or getting on the gas to soon. I don't think he caught air his marks started before the crest of the hill. He just hit the throttle to much on cold tires before he was straight. Luckily he was ok.

John Shiels

I think that positon needs two flaggers looking down and up the hill.

Viper parts are REAL exspensive! Hood like 6,000 used or 13,000 new dealer cost 10,000

If he didn't get air he had 2 pounds of weight on ea tire

I get air there all the time and have to let off the throttle like when I raced boats.

BennyBad

looked like a ACR viper, rear wheels look like they became airborn and if the front wheels were slightly turned and the cars rear wing would or could steer the car into the wall. thats my CSI investigation. either way, a expensive oops.

monroepaul

Lan Jet I heard the rod knock coming from your car when you came off the track. Hopefully that doesnt set you back too much. The only bright side is that it happened in November and for us in the Northeast its the end of the season. Good Luck

Lan.Jet

Thanks I suppose if it had to happen it was the best time. I didn’t know you were their you should of stopped by. We had quite a few corvettes their.

Short-Throw

I don't think the car left the ground, just the suspension unloading.

Like Shiels mentioned, all four wheels may not have been straight coming over the top. Also, when going over a crest like that, you have to modulate the throttle as you can lock up your diff when the weight of the car comes back down on the rear wheels giving it instant grip. We've had this happen a few times to the higher HP cars at Autobahn when 'the jump' is in play running full track. This may have been the case here, as the rear came down the rear wheels tried to plant but couldn't due to cold tires temps. Hard to say just by watching and hopefully no damage to the driver other than ego.




Mike

BrianCunningham

I'll have to remember that next time I run there

AlwaysInBoost

ouch, thats NOT going to buff out.

The Spark

I have had that happen on iRacing numerous times with similar results - shoot to the right and into the barrier. Except I can just hit ESC and get a new car.

If wheels aren't straight and car isn't pretty straight at the top of the hill you can get into trouble.

68sixspeed

ouch...

ghoffman

Happens there all the time. You cannot do Moto-X cross ups over hills in cars.

John Shiels

yea you can just have the wheels pointed where you want to go cause it will happen instantly upon landing

SweetSavannah

I was in the "group", about 3-4 cars behind LANJET when the Viper augured in.

The 'driver" had been running with Lime Rock's "Club" in the AM; SCDA in the PM. So it wasn't that he had no prior laps at LRP.

He brought 3 cars:

1. A Panoz race car - judged over the 89 DB limit
2. An Indy Lights car - probably the same issue, and,
3. The ACR Viper which bought the farm.

'Twas the 2nd lap, minimal heat in the tires. Apparently, he hammered the gas exiting the hill which precipitated the classic clockwise spin and encounter with the tire wall.

The flaggers were excellent. The yellow warning lights at the start of the uphill were already blinking and the flagger at the top of the hill was already holding simultaneous yellow/black flags.

Glad only the car was hurt. Ego - more's the shame - may not have been.

As someone observed, "apparently he ran out of track and talent at the same time."

Very expensive lesson.