Almost got my car wrecked at Pocono Raceway.
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Almost got my car wrecked at Pocono Raceway.
BY JUST WAITING ON THE GRID!
Saturday I went to Pocono Raceway for a HPDE on the EAST Course, It’s a short course LINK mostly made up of the infield roads of the speedway. The staging area is next to section of straight with no barrier between the track and the cars waiting to get onto the track (see map it’s the red line). I was waiting on the grid; in a line of about 20 cars, I was about the 10th car from the front when I saw an Evo VII that was running on the track lose control on the straight, run off the track at around 90 mph and hit the first two cars on the grid. They were a G35 and an Acura NSX late 90’s vintage. My guess is the Evo and the NSX are totaled and the G35 looks like it could be fixed (T-Boned type damage)
Needless to say if that Evo lost it a bit earlier it could have hit me. I will not drive on the east course of Pocono till they either put up a barrier or change the staging set up. I would also suggest anyone that does track days or auto-ex to not run on tracks where people or cars are near a “ hot “ track without protection from cars going off course. Nobody was hurt which was a lucky thing; people do tend to mill around the grid. I also don’t know how the cars involved will report this to their insurance. Well the next two days I will be at Watkins Glenn where cars and people are not exposed to that risk.
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on-track In-car video posted from another forum 2 cars behind.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/D...7B82294422.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/D...7B82294422.htm
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Originally Posted by Imp
on-track In-car video posted from another forum 2 cars behind.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/D...7B82294422.htm
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/D...7B82294422.htm
wow, that was really poor foresight to have those cars so close to the track ...
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Damn that's bad! It's one thing to have no barrier when it's a relatively slow speed like autocross; but what DUMBASS organized it so that the staging area was right next to a high-speed track?!? Even in autocross I've never seen cars parked that close! So much runoff room too! Somebody needs a good smack in the back of the head.
And at the end of that video, what's with the chick grabbing the guy's steering wheel??? I'd have slapped her hand away for doing that, instructor or not.
And at the end of that video, what's with the chick grabbing the guy's steering wheel??? I'd have slapped her hand away for doing that, instructor or not.
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Originally Posted by fizzer
Who was running that HPDE? So I Never ever ever sign up for an event with them.
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Originally Posted by RX8SpdDmn
Is it wrong that I got some enjoyment out of watching that?
The reason I went to Pocono East in the first place was as a " ShakeDown " for Watkins Glenn Mon & Tue. The thread below contains video from that track that you might enjoy more.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/couple-laps-glenn-89534/
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Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Damn that's bad! It's one thing to have no barrier when it's a relatively slow speed like autocross; but what DUMBASS organized it so that the staging area was right next to a high-speed track?!? Even in autocross I've never seen cars parked that close! So much runoff room too! Somebody needs a good smack in the back of the head.
And at the end of that video, what's with the chick grabbing the guy's steering wheel??? I'd have slapped her hand away for doing that, instructor or not.
And at the end of that video, what's with the chick grabbing the guy's steering wheel??? I'd have slapped her hand away for doing that, instructor or not.
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When the EVO driver had two wheels off track, the driver reacted poorly and went into an oversteer situation to get back on the track, then it seems the oversteer was not countered correctly by looking down track and turning into the oversteer. Is that what you guys see?
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Originally Posted by shinronin
not so fast. read and learn. the instructor was trying to get him back on track and into the pits. the music was inserted to cover what the instructor said.
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Very interesting to read the thread where the instructor was able to defend herself.
Whats sad is...
How incredibly stupid some drivers can be
Wanting to videotape your friends "cool wreck"
and
Overdriving your car the entire day.
I always try to encourage people to get on the track so they can learn how to handle their cars in a safe manner, but after seeing all this its clear that some peoples egos are too large to be on a track. They'ld be better off at home drifitng into light poles and hopefully only killing themselves.
-hS
Whats sad is...
How incredibly stupid some drivers can be
Wanting to videotape your friends "cool wreck"
and
Overdriving your car the entire day.
I always try to encourage people to get on the track so they can learn how to handle their cars in a safe manner, but after seeing all this its clear that some peoples egos are too large to be on a track. They'ld be better off at home drifitng into light poles and hopefully only killing themselves.
-hS
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Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Give a rip. An instructor can give feedback, instructions, orders, yell & scream bloody murder or order me off the track... but grab my steering wheel and I'll throw you out and get another instructor.
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Slowing down, remaining in the track and going to the pits is the right thing to do. An instructor informing a student what the proper proceedure is would be correct. But a passenger, restrained by safety belts, reaching over to grab the steering wheel is creating an additional unsafe condition. A passenger can not control a car safely at any speed or road surface, let alone on possibly rutted grass.
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this is amazing! the guy put the intructors live and some others at risk and your sayng the intructor is wrong for reaching the steering wheel ?
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Originally Posted by alnielsen
Slowing down, remaining in the track and going to the pits is the right thing to do. An instructor informing a student what the proper proceedure is would be correct. But a passenger, restrained by safety belts, reaching over to grab the steering wheel is creating an additional unsafe condition. A passenger can not control a car safely at any speed or road surface, let alone on possibly rutted grass.
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Originally Posted by shinronin
so after an accident if you drive off track to continue filming your buddy's crash exacerbating an already unsafe situation and the instructor tries to get you back on track and into the pits by pointing the steering wheel back on track and you stubbornly refuse... who's the *** in that scenario? instuctors have your safety and their safety in mind and aren't concerned about your pride.
Originally Posted by alnielsen
But a passenger, restrained by safety belts, reaching over to grab the steering wheel is creating an additional unsafe condition. A passenger can not control a car safely at any speed or road surface, let alone on possibly rutted grass.
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