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Originally Posted by JWillis72
That's what it sounds like to me, I would like to know if the race car has the factory ABS.
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I don't know, but I doubt they're on the factory ABS. I think the critical part of that message, that I don't fully understand, is "when it lost the rear brakes the turn before". It's hard to know what happened at T12 without knowing whatever he's referring to from T11.
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Safety equipment has just moved to the top of my mod list.
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Yup! Especially when you're not even making the big bucks, it's not worth ending up in the hospital (or worse) over some cheap track thrills at a DE. If you're doing a lot of trackdays and getting up there on carrying speed, you really need a cage, good harnesses, and some kind of neck protection. Also don't forget that basic maintenance is an important safety upgrade. Keep that brake fluid fresh and check all wear items, etc!
I re-watched Tim's wreck video like 20 times in a row. Me and my car have spent about 5 track-days going through that exact same braking zone over and over (but ~20mph slower and far less traffic to deal with). It's a pretty heavy braking zone, and suddenly not having brakes there would be scary as hell. He handled it way better than I would have.
I'm really glad he walked away from that pretty much unscathed. Good thing CotA has nice crash barriers.