My first time on race track, what should i expect
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I saw this the first time i went out to tracks, it let me know that this is a real sport, and real accidents do happen if u don't be carefull. guess what car this used to be? the driver is ok buy the way, got away with little stratches and bruses if u can believe that.
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
WOW, that is pretty crappy. There was a guy at Road America who wrecked his GranSport Corvette, talk about shitty. Then he had to drive it home!
This happenned to a car when I was at Road America. Car had only 1300 miles on it.
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That hurts, ouch. i hope teh driver was alright. the guy in the evo 8 i posted before flew 10 feet up in the air before landing directly on its ***, headlights to the sky. i talked to him after and he said he had invested 80grand in mods on that car.
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elise wrecked coming out of the carousel. He either had a wheel or two off or thought he was going off and jerked the wheel, induced a spin and hit the inside wall twice. The second time he hit the wall, he was 3 feet off the ground.
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
He wrecked coming off that? I guess I could see it happening with that light of a car..... but it still sucks. He had an instructor too?
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
wowsers. At least when I put my car in the grass I didn't **** up anything
I was only doing about 90 mph at the same point on the track.
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Is the off track conditions that bad? You can always go off road two or four wheels, and then come back. A jerk of the wheel to prevent going off track. I sure don't want to do that.
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Is the off track conditions that bad? You can always go off road two or four wheels, and then come back. A jerk of the wheel to prevent going off track. I sure don't want to do that.
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I saw this the first time i went out to tracks, it let me know that this is a real sport, and real accidents do happen if u don't be carefull. guess what car this used to be? the driver is ok buy the way, got away with little stratches and bruses if u can believe that.
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Originally Posted by Razz1
Is the off track conditions that bad? You can always go off road two or four wheels, and then come back. A jerk of the wheel to prevent going off track. I sure don't want to do that.
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Well if there are any other first-timers that are still unsure of whether or not they want to do a track event, let me try to convince you to go out and do it! You cannot get an automotive experience anything like it anywhere else. You will learn so much if you have a good instructor with you.
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Originally Posted by MI_FamilyMan
Well if there are any other first-timers that are still unsure of whether or not they want to do a track event, let me try to convince you to go out and do it! You cannot get an automotive experience anything like it anywhere else. You will learn so much if you have a good instructor with you.
Definitely an awesome experience. I had an awesome instructor, he had 25-30 years of experience. I'm hooked and have already planned 4 more days of instruction for the rest of the year. I'd do more if my wife would let me :o .
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
Shoot, I wish I had yer guys problem, I need to get some more cash!
My philosophy is mod the driver first, then the car.
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Just wait for teh Falkens! I think I might even keep the stockers for my track wheels. I just like playing with stuff, but I think most of the stuff that I have done is more for longevity and safety than performance.