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Old 07-15-2019, 10:28 PM
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Holy Cow!! Front straight was like driving into a pool!
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Wow! were there like 20 cars off the track? Wet grass is like glass.
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wow! that was nuts!

total blindness in the downpour!

the hit at the end was the finishing touch.

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That's old...
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SMH, all those lap timers, all that carnage...

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My friend and client Derek Jones at VIR in the Conti race at T15!
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Old 07-16-2019, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ProCoach

My friend and client Derek Jones at VIR in the Conti race at T15!
Always thought T15 was a no wake zone...
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Originally Posted by ProCoach

My friend and client Derek Jones at VIR in the Conti race at T15!
Nice car!

Gary
.....awaiting possibly similar weather tomorrow @ Mosport
Old 07-16-2019, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Solk
Holy Cow!! Front straight was like driving into a pool!
http://youtu.be/Aj9O6E48mus
Dude, WTF?
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Ouch! Slip and slide. Back into a car and crack the windshield (0:47). Ouch!
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Epic.

Did they all have track insurance?
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Wow...what a mash up!! Incredibly if you listen to the camera car's rpm's he still appeared to be accelerating into the blindness (caused by the downpour) until he puts 2 wheels off and then goes fully off!! WTF dude, why stay on throttle when you are literally driving-blind?!
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Originally Posted by Akunob
WTF dude, why stay on throttle when you are literally driving-blind?!
Because in the NASA Nationals, someone might pass you...
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I got a chuckle when no one let off even though they couldn't see. Not a priority I guess.
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Bah. That video is nothing!

How about racing in the snow at the PCA Lime Rock race?! That takes some stones!


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