PCA club race Road Atlanta - Wreckfest in the Rain
03-29-2014, 09:51 PM
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Hard to say what actually caused the big pile-up in the esses in the GT race this afternoon. Visibility was terrible due to rain and spray, and there was a lot of water at the bottom of the esses, as usual. Saw some in car video from one car on the team I am working with this weekend...he saw the wrecked cars, tried to avoid them (and succeeded), and in doing so did 2 complete 360 spins, with great super-close views of the stopped (damaged) cars as he spun, missing them by mere feet. And he came to a stop, pointed the right way, unscathed, in the grass! Race was red-flagged at that point.
Other than that, it has been a pretty clean weekend so far, despite often-nasty conditions.
Wreckfest? Hardly.
Other than that, it has been a pretty clean weekend so far, despite often-nasty conditions.
Wreckfest? Hardly.
03-29-2014, 10:38 PM
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It reminded me of the GT-1 race at the RunOffs many years ago when they started the big, powerful cars in the sun on the front straight and ran into a wall of water at T6...
Starts at about 1:45 into this SCCA F&C instructional video (it's like Signal 30, not for the squeamish, though no one was seriously hurt in these incidents). http://youtu.be/dAlNlODBzeo
Starts at about 1:45 into this SCCA F&C instructional video (it's like Signal 30, not for the squeamish, though no one was seriously hurt in these incidents). http://youtu.be/dAlNlODBzeo
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03-29-2014, 10:53 PM
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03-30-2014, 12:58 AM
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03-30-2014, 04:13 AM
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Visibility was poor and I think a few of us including me missed the yellow at the top of the hill. A car was off already at the bottom of the esses and the red cup ahead of me spun and I am told hit the car already off. I was on steady throttle and hit puddle and took off with out warning. Spun and hit the wall. Two other cars followed. Could have been worse but a tire-wall could have saved a lot of damage. I will post a video later
03-30-2014, 04:56 AM
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Hope everyone is ok and as little material damage as possible.
Mike
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03-30-2014, 11:47 AM
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