So, what did you do today?

[marshall_mosty]

Got up this morning and it was kinda cool outside, so I decided to go put my trans back in before work. Got everything back together and the throwout bearing seal broke again! Went back out after work and put the original throwout bearing (too long) back in but it works! Trans in and out three times since Saturday, what a pain. Hopefully it stays together for Hallett.

Mark,
I had a few times where mine came out in short succession. When it explodes at TWS a few years back, it rolled off the trailer and I had the trans on the ground and pulled apart in less than an hour. Kinda sad I had done it enough to keep the time down to that...

[David Love AI27]

Mark,
I had a few times where mine came out in short succession. When it explodes at TWS a few years back, it rolled off the trailer and I had the trans on the ground and pulled apart in less than an hour. Kinda sad I had done it enough to keep the time down to that...

Thats why I finish putting it back together Saturday mornings... that way everything is still fresh in my mind

[kbrewmr2]

NASA Mid Atlantic had a rough weekend

http://www.nasaracing.net/?p=3665

[David Love AI27]

saw one of the original Batmobiles

[Fbody383]

NASA Mid Atlantic had a rough weekend

http://www.nasaracing.net/?p=3665

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.

[marshall_mosty]

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.

[Rob Liebbe]

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.

[kbrewmr2]

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.