Below is a link to a video I saw on the Nasaforums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nULN9izjoSI
Apparently the driver put 2-off going into ricochet which caused him to shoot across track and into disaster.
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Below is a link to a video I saw on the Nasaforums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nULN9izjoSI
Apparently the driver put 2-off going into ricochet which caused him to shoot across track and into disaster.
Is everyone okay?
JJ
Apparently the people involved are ok.
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WOW....that is a violent wreck. Glad to hear they are okay.
From David's link ...
In the 3.1 configuration, that is the fastest section of track, now. In my car, I fall just a tad short of the front straight speeds seen at TWS.Quote:
The track was set up in the 3.1 configuration. We were coming up the hill from the new section of the track to the old section of the track, in the counterclockwise direction. Because the car is so strong, we were going at least 100mph up the hill.
Cresting the hill before Ricochet, the car gets really light. It's insane ...
Any way to get that link to work? It comes up as private?...Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchntx
Mitch, I seriously doubt the speeds you are quoting. There is no way in you are doing 140mph going up that hill or even 125. It is the hairiest section of track and will certainly catch the unexpecting off guard VERY quickly, but I would still like to see us race on it.
a CMC car doesnt do 140 at TWS. i can see over 100 pretty easy. on the 1.7 i normally short shift before ricochet and the top of 3rd is 100. on the 3.1 i can see 120 there. plus how often have you run the 3.1 Matt? me, zero.
I have run the 1.3 a lot and have yet to do the 3.1 at speed in a speedy car. The G37 I was riding in teh passenger seat in was barely getting 85-90 coming up the hill and sadly I felt it might have been as fast as a CMC car! They are really great cars for what they are. If you want to talk about getting the car "light", crest the hill going into the soup bowl full tilt in an AI car!!! I did it once, I will NEVER do it again! The launch in Houston has NOTHING on that! :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
Maybe if I could open the vid and see the speed a GT3 is carrying through there, that might change my mind....however, I think the guys in this RACE group would figure it out and know how to drive. I don't know the situation with the guy in the P-car however if he is the "typical" p-car driver...I chalk this one up to driver error. When the passenger account is that the driver "didn't realize he had two wheels off"....that pretty much spells it out for me and why I have gotten out of a couple of advanced students cars in the last year even before a session is over. It also makes me sort of rethink my helmet choice when I instruct. I have been using a new Motorcycle helmet to save some wear and tear on my race helmet but I may change that scenario, especially if I have a student with harnesses and will use my HANS...
I make the "hairpin" high in 3rd and go to 4th at track out and hold it to the floor through the kink to the right, the transition, clipping the curb at Wagon Wheel on driver's left.Quote:
Originally Posted by AI#97
Just past the curb, I see the shift light, which is set at 5300, but hold it in 4th till I brake, just as I crest the hill.
I see the shift light in 4th just beyond the S/F line at TWS.
So, speeds are similar, and like I said, a tad short of the front straight at TWS.
I saw it earlier. It was from a car exiting Big Bend and you see a car in the distance tumbling end over end, off track on driver's left and coming to rest at track out of Ricochet.Quote:
Originally Posted by AI#97
No detail, just a car in the far off distance.