racing and safety Near Miss At Track

[M3M3]

this one was a bit close.....another instructor was driving an unfamiliar car and locked up a rear brake in a dangerous part of the track at Summit Point.  thankfully he knew to keep "both feet in" which locks the cars trajectory to a predictable line, even though it was spinning.

 

 

also helps that i could see it happening and the M2 has great brakes....

Edited May 8, 2014 by mlytle

[lkw15]

Yowza - that was close!

[adawil2002]

Glad you were able to miss hitting him. Should be called nearly hit.

[Stevenc22]

Wow pretty serious spin

[DUDONLY]

What was he driving a hopped up hatchback ?

[M3M3]

think it may have been a LEMONs or CHUMPCAR racecar.  it wasn't very pretty...

[allbim]

Nice video.  What were you using to record it?

[bcarey]

Love watching your car rip around the track, tho!

[xferboy]

do you have to get a new seat?

 

Looks like there might have been some pucker factor involved

[LarsAlpina]

Also glad you did not hit him!

 

But for everyone interested in a big brake conversion it is a very good example why you should always keep an eye on brake balance and why you should in no way have the rear of the car "overbraking" the front.

 

Regards, Lars.

[otisdog]

No flag men?

[kbmb02]

No driving gloves?

[ArdenK]

No flag men?

 

They are hiding in the elevated gazebos.

[M3M3]

Nice video.  What were you using to record it?

 

older canon FS100 digicam mounted to IO port camera mount on roll bar.

Also glad you did not hit him!

 

But for everyone interested in a big brake conversion it is a very good example why you should always keep an eye on brake balance and why you should in no way have the rear of the car "overbraking" the front.

 

Regards, Lars.

so true.  many people just "throw together" brake upgrades without regard for calculating the balance front to rear.

 

in this case, the car that spun may have had a decent balance, but that brake zone is seriously downhill and off camber.  right rear is very light there and many otherwise closely balanced brake systems will lock the right rear first.   or....the cars balance was wacked and the result is evidence!

 

No flag men?

 

flag station is on left going down the hill on the rise in a gazebo at the apex of the left turn.

No driving gloves?

never use them in PDX's going less than full tilt.  If i am pushing it in a time trial i jump to full firesuit and gloves for safety.  always wear a HANS in the car on track though!

[tomorrowcalling]

I'll see your near miss, and raise you this one.

 

The right hand corner had been progressively  cut up during the day.  The 4WD cars in particular were dragging soft wet clay out in to the center of the road.  The front just let go as I reapplied power exiting the corner.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16CsbwSKY8E

 

I was already wondering if we were going to go end over end when we hit the bottom.