Had my first encounter with a lubricated track...
09-27-2009, 12:49 AM
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Had my first encounter with a lubricated track...
I was running out at Motorsports Ranch (MSR) today. About halfway through ricochet (a 70 MPH left hand off-camber corner) the car just... snapped. I blinked and suddenly the car was backwards and headed into the tall grass.
Both feet in, but I recall thinking to myself- "I don't seem to be stopping..." I actually looked down to make sure my foot was on the brake pedal.
When I looked up, I saw a Miata come around the same corner and... lose control as well. Luckily they had called a yellow flag just before he got to the corner, but he still was headed straight for me... 
By that time, I was nearly 100 yards from my initial track exit point and finally stopped. The Miata managed to regain the car and only then did I look over and see a Boxster sitting on the edge of the track, another 100 yards aways, clearly broken. Seems he had blown a coolant hose and lubricated the previous corner.
I did not think a car could physically swap ends that fast. One second I'm in perfect control, the next second I'm lawnmowing backwards...
Always an adventure at the track!
Both feet in, but I recall thinking to myself- "I don't seem to be stopping..." I actually looked down to make sure my foot was on the brake pedal.
When I looked up, I saw a Miata come around the same corner and... lose control as well. Luckily they had called a yellow flag just before he got to the corner, but he still was headed straight for me... By that time, I was nearly 100 yards from my initial track exit point and finally stopped. The Miata managed to regain the car and only then did I look over and see a Boxster sitting on the edge of the track, another 100 yards aways, clearly broken. Seems he had blown a coolant hose and lubricated the previous corner.
I did not think a car could physically swap ends that fast. One second I'm in perfect control, the next second I'm lawnmowing backwards...
Always an adventure at the track!
09-27-2009, 03:09 PM
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