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Old 06-12-2013, 04:30 PM
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Old 06-12-2013, 04:36 PM
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Whoa what happened?! Too hot into the turn, lift throttle oversteered and over corrected....hope driver and passenger are okay.
Old 06-12-2013, 04:38 PM
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I want to say I've seen that car locally. Hopefully the driver's okay, but I can't really feel bad for them. Guy's lucky he only involved himself in the accident and not a person coming the other way, which on the Dragon is usually motorcycle riders. Things could have been a lot worse.
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Lucky. Could be alot worse and involved others...Suspension was fully compressed to the hilt, probably hit the bump stop and lost traction at that point.
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And... this is why we can't have nice things.
Old 06-12-2013, 05:46 PM
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Great pictures. LOL
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Hmm................................
Old 06-12-2013, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mudbuddha
Lucky. Could be alot worse and involved others...Suspension was fully compressed to the hilt, probably hit the bump stop and lost traction at that point.
Yup... that's my guess. Bottomed out and at that point, conservation of momentum took over and he exited stage right. 2nd photo you can already see counter-steer.

I'm not one to be calling the kettle black or anything... but that guy was clearly going way way WAY too fast for that road. Even by hooligan standards.

Oops.
Old 06-12-2013, 06:55 PM
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Autocross? you should only use the berm on corner entry...............
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I know that spot well and I was in a 951 ( not mine) that did a similar thing, however my buddy kept control. Major pucker moment. Btw, DON't ever cross the center up their.
Old 06-12-2013, 07:28 PM
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love the trees. great way to stop in a hurry.
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Save the crazy driving for the track!
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Originally Posted by black944 turbo
I know that spot well and I was in a 951 ( not mine) that did a similar thing, however my buddy kept control. Major pucker moment. Btw, DON't ever cross the center up their.
Is this at the Tail of the Dragon?
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Yes sir, appears so.


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