Reminder: Speed kills!
05-23-2005, 10:03 PM
#12
Originally Posted by mikegarrison,May 23 2005, 05:44 PM
Liggy is going for the trifecta: guns, fast cars, and vicious killer dogs.
[edit: Oh, and cell phones too!]
[edit: Oh, and cell phones too!]
quadfecta 
05-24-2005, 11:05 AM
#14
Originally Posted by cbender,May 23 2005, 01:08 PM
Yeah, it's true that judgment (or the complete LACK of it) was at fault here, but speed definitely adds to the risk of injury even for experienced drivers. Witness the totaling of an S2K by an experienced driver at PIR this past weekend. Everyone who's spent time at the track has made mistakes. Some of then prove costly. Others don't, but it's often pure luck that distinguishes one from another....
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05-24-2005, 12:40 PM
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The track was wet, the rear got loose at Turn 8 (the slight left-hander that preceeds the back straight), the driver (who's experienced/mature) couldn't catch it in time, the car went off sideways to the outside of the track. With the grass being wet, there was nothing to slow the car before it hit the concrete barrier at the back gate, pretty flat to the wall on the passenger side.
05-24-2005, 03:59 PM
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[QUOTE=cbender,May 24 2005, 01:40 PM] The track was wet, the rear got loose at Turn 8 (the slight left-hander that preceeds the back straight), the driver (who's experienced/mature) couldn't catch it in time, the car went off sideways to the outside of the track.
05-24-2005, 05:55 PM
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Alright, somebody explain the joke -- pentafecta, hexafecta, etc. I don't get it. As for this weekend's incident, I've never had any problems with T8, provided I short-shift before committing. But conditions were awful for a few hours in the middle of the day. I got in one great session in the late afternoon -- had no trouble hanging with a couple of other instructors in GT-3s in WOS's supercharged S on street tires. But the middle of the day was rough.
05-24-2005, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by cbender,May 24 2005, 06:55 PM
Alright, somebody explain the joke -- pentafecta, hexafecta, etc. I don't get it.