Anyone hear about Pat Long shunt at LS....
03-30-2024, 09:27 PM
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That highlights a paradox in the performance car world.
The newer cars are soooooo fast. Incredible performance!
And basically useless for the street. Can't even approach the limits there, need to take them to the track for that.
But... they're also really heavy, and other than a stiff structure, 3 points and airbags, have no real safety equipment.
As those pix show, when bad things happen they might be real bad.
"Driver not injured but taken to the hospital...'
Pretty lucky.
The newer cars are soooooo fast. Incredible performance!
And basically useless for the street. Can't even approach the limits there, need to take them to the track for that.
But... they're also really heavy, and other than a stiff structure, 3 points and airbags, have no real safety equipment.
As those pix show, when bad things happen they might be real bad.
"Driver not injured but taken to the hospital...'
Pretty lucky.
As I get older I often think I should have very slow track toys and strive to push them to the limits of their tiny *****. That thinking fails when I sit in my RS.
03-30-2024, 10:26 PM
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He was very lucky. But reality is that car was designed and built to win Cars and Coffee? Typical buyer wanting it for a Garage Queen (nothing wrong with that).
As I get older I often think I should have very slow track toys and strive to push them to the limits of their tiny *****. That thinking fails when I sit in my RS.
As I get older I often think I should have very slow track toys and strive to push them to the limits of their tiny *****. That thinking fails when I sit in my RS.
Newer car = more safety but more likely to have a high speed incident
Older car - less safety but more likely to have a lower speed incident
I don't know if there is an advantage either way.
03-31-2024, 09:40 AM
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03-31-2024, 12:38 PM
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If it had been on the other side, RIP.
People do it all the time, but I'm not a fan of running a car with no cage.
Things happen....
03-31-2024, 01:24 PM
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P. Long spoke at our PCA club meeting recently and was relating about his back problems from all those years of hitting Kerbs and now playing with his kid.
His wife & kid is part of the equation now.
Hope to see him being well at the upcoming Air & Water show in SoCal.
His wife & kid is part of the equation now.
Hope to see him being well at the upcoming Air & Water show in SoCal.
03-31-2024, 01:40 PM
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He was very lucky. But reality is that car was designed and built to win Cars and Coffee? Typical buyer wanting it for a Garage Queen (nothing wrong with that).
As I get older I often think I should have very slow track toys and strive to push them to the limits of their tiny *****. That thinking fails when I sit in my RS.
As I get older I often think I should have very slow track toys and strive to push them to the limits of their tiny *****. That thinking fails when I sit in my RS.
). Never had an RS or anything like it to ruin everything.
03-31-2024, 02:22 PM
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04-01-2024, 03:29 AM
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Unverified third hand information …but apparently he lost brakes going in to Corkscrew. That makes more sense to me…most Pros are very aware of the limits of these types of cars in terms of both their safety and performance
04-01-2024, 12:06 PM
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