Double Yellow - Future Speeds Behind the 88/39

[Fbody383]

Can someone narrate start to finish and show video of exactly what happened maybe from #88 and from #39? How was Brian involved and why was he suspended vs Dave? I am piecing it all together but there are missing pieces here.

I don't have video from my car which is the RED/WHT/BLU 88 (my "preferred" number is 39, we just haven't relabled the car). We found both battery cables loose at the battery and think that even though the camera turned on in grid, once I restarted the car there was enough fluctuation to kill the camera.

From the video that was posted, imagine you are driving the camera car and at 19:29, you crest the hill and the car in front of you is only doing 20-30mph, versus the 80-90 of the last lap. Pretty much what I saw - a car, no brake lights on, realized it was going much slower than I was, and initiate evasive action.

Part of my observation is that the flag station track left at the top of the hill, say 19:26 in the video could have had a waving yellow.

Does that help?

[Sook]

Part of my observation is that the flag station track left at the top of the hill, say 19:26 in the video could have had a waving yellow.

Concur with that. After getting DQ'd earlier in the weekend for a waving yellow at that corner station I was sure to check it every lap. I also came over the hill to find a line of seemingly stopped cars on the other side, luckily I had enough space to slow down. Having the pack essentially stopped on the other side of the hill seems like a good time for a waving yellow (in hindsight at least).

I don't think we would have had this issue as almost any of our other tracks, blind sections usually aren't on a fast straight away.

- Josh

[64GunPilot]

I don't have video from my car which is the RED/WHT/BLU 88 (my "preferred" number is 39, we just haven't relabled the car). We found both battery cables loose at the battery and think that even though the camera turned on in grid, once I restarted the car there was enough fluctuation to kill the camera.

From the video that was posted, imagine you are driving the camera car and at 19:29, you crest the hill and the car in front of you is only doing 20-30mph, versus the 80-90 of the last lap. Pretty much what I saw - a car, no brake lights on, realized it was going much slower than I was, and initiate evasive action.

Part of my observation is that the flag station track left at the top of the hill, say 19:26 in the video could have had a waving yellow.

Does that help?

I understand what happened now. Thanks for explaining in simple terms a guy like me can understand.

How bad was the damage?

[Fbody383]

How bad was the damage?

Ish.

We cut the outer panel of the quarter off this week. The door opens and closes well. It popped the glass loose from the rear hatch. We'll have to straighten the quarter/door opening panel, pull the rear panel corner a little, and probably porta-power the lower/inner part of the quarter behind the bumper cover where the T-top hole is. We just happen to have a right side rocker/quarter that hadn't made it to recycle yet.

I think less of an effort than the radiator core support and strut tower replacement from the last work.