gbvette62

Even vintage racing, can be perilous!

This video was shot from Jim Glass' 65 Corvette vintage racer, in the SVRA Group 6 race, at The Glen's US Vintage Grand Prix last month.

The Mustang is owned by a friend of ours from England. He keeps the car in NY, and flies over a couple times a year to race it. At The Glen, he was sharing it with his 20ish son. It was only his son's second weekend in the car, and the first time in it, he crashed it at Sebring! In all fairness to his son, he does race a vintage MG in England, and I think he's just having a tough learning curve, with tracks that are new to him and the Mustang's extra power. To his credit, after the race he came immediately to our trailer, and apologized to Jim,.......and to also thank Jim for not hitting him!

parkerracing

That was tough, left, right or middle?

Supercharged111

My instinct is usually to dodge on the outside. Of course to caveat that, it depends.

froggy47

Phew!

rithsleeper

I like how your first statement was "even vintage racing can be perilous" but as soon as he passes the spin a $hitty 90s mustang shoots out. I think that single handedly ruined the "vintage"

Bill Dearborn

The kid was all over the track. Judging by the tire smoke it looks like he didn't get the downshift done well going into the toe. He almost lost the car going into T8 because he tried to get back on line for the turn Vs making an off line entry. The spin in T9 (Off Camber left) is typical of either too much throttle or sudden lifting in a slow (mid 50s) turn especially with the changes in track surface that occur right in that area. Asphalt, new concrete followed by old concrete and then asphalt. I have seen a lot of cars hit that inside wall over the years.

Bill

BrianCunningham

:eep:

gbvette62

I'll agree that Danial's driving was a bit "erratic", but I can't lay all the blame on him, for the tire smoke. The right rear was locking up all weekend, when his father was behind the wheel, too.

I don't know if it was an issue with the spring rates, the brake bias, or something else. It's definitely not something, I've seen their car do that much before.

C5inWV

This is a great video for novice drivers as an example of what happens when you apex early, especially in an unforgiving corner with no run-off. Once committed to that line, he had no choice but to lift or brake during the turn. He was lucky to end up in the middle of the track rather than the guardrail.
When following a driver that commits the early apex, give yourself some room to get around him should physics prevail.