NASA Mid Atlantic had a rough weekend
http://www.nasaracing.net/?p=3665
Ken Brewer; 1994 Toyota MR2 - #6 PTF
SI wannabe - anyone got a spare money tree?
"Zoom Zoom Zoom - On any given weekend more Mazdas make optimistic pass attempts than any other brand!"
saw one of the original Batmobiles
http://www.your4state.com/story/d/st...BE-k0_5mfp9cAQ
I hate to see that; 67 is young in this day and age. For you guys that instruct, especially in street cars, please do not be bashful about getting out of a car if a student refuses to take direction. I'm not implying that happened in this case but it is true in others.
I understand that accidents happen and have a personal philosophy that "life is not a risk free proposition," but YOU as an instructor don't have an obligation to ride with idiots.
On a better note, Orange has new brakes all around, better IATs than Pranav... and some '09 dated 16s for Friday practice.
#39 CMC Camaro
Orange is Fast!
CMC-NT01 FTW!
Most tragic indeed and one reason I don't like to instruct anymore. Additionally, I've never been to this track but I wonder why they were able to hit a tree. Are trees that close to the track, did they go over a guardrail, was the tree protected by a guardrail or wall, etc.? I know Todd's wild ride ended up in the trees, but they were very far off the track.
Rob Liebbe - Texas Region
Camaro, Mustang, doesn't matter to me, I'll race it.
Was on Shennendoa which is part of Summit Point's facility (in WV) if you wish to check it all out. There's quite a few threads on different boards casting stones in many directions and don't want this one to get off on those sorts of tangents though.
We're spoiled with literally Texas sized runoff room at our tracks....
I stopped instructing because I wasn't real good at recongnizing the when I needed to reel a student in. Thankfully just hurt cars and bruised egos, but I still felt so bad about it and about letting down the instructor corps and orgs that I instructed for that I stopped. I recongized that I was a good "coach" kind of person that would be perfect for the student that had car control and pace down and just needed help on where to work on going faster but no real place for that sort of stuff in DE1/2 though.
Events like this are especially sobering because it causes me to replay the minor crashes I did have in the passenger seat with a "what if" sorta spooky angle added on top.
Last edited by kbrewmr2; 06-12-2014 at 11:54 AM.
Ken Brewer; 1994 Toyota MR2 - #6 PTF
SI wannabe - anyone got a spare money tree?
"Zoom Zoom Zoom - On any given weekend more Mazdas make optimistic pass attempts than any other brand!"
I do think it's useful to bring up and I hadn't seen/heard of the incident before you did.
Almost a Catch-22 in that "we" need instructors to get people competent to come race if that's what they want to do.
And it wasn't that long ago the Mustang got upside down at Hallett and punch the main hoop through the floor... http://jalopnik.com/5390929/mustang-crash-gallery/ so even with some "runoff room," things can still go awry.
Never hurts to review risk.
#39 CMC Camaro
Orange is Fast!
CMC-NT01 FTW!
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