So I watched the vid and it looks like a number of factors went wrong, not least of which is the melodramatic Uncle Kracker song at the end. What do you guys think?
A. Night driving- depth perception will always be off/ features seen through car lights will always look a little two dimensional compared with daylight. The GTR driver is also probably locked in on the IX's brake lights throughout the run and not looking further down the road, and that'll d*ck with anybody's night vision.
B. Experience- the guy was only 20?? With a GTR? Going flat out? The times, they are a changin'. I had a NA '86 300zx at that age, definitely not enough power to overwhelm, and had been driving for 5 years at that point. Oh yeah, I also bought it myself without mommy and daddy's help, but if I go any farther on that tangent, I'll just come off as a jealous twit, so forget it.
C. Road familiarity- the EVO IX was fairly smooth throughout the run, which makes me think he knew not only HOW to drive but WHERE he was driving. In the video we see the GTR 'guess wrong' at the corners a number of times, the one that seals his fate is actually the penultimate corner in which he brakes deep and very late, allowing the IX to pull some serious lengths. Instead of taking little bites out of the distance, the GTR seems to want to make it up all at once, comes in way too hot and, well... we know the rest.
Jeez, fellas, I don't know. Part of me thinks the GTR driver got what he deserved, part of me is glad there wasn't a random car on the road going the other way, and part of me is sad that yet another fine piece of machinery is destined to be reduced to scrap. What's the over/under on number of GTRs that end up this way anyway??
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