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chris410 12-10-2009 09:20 PM

ouch! at least you're ok...I've spent some time um...sliding on my butt at VIR...except I race motorcycles there so the crashes are a little bit scary at times. My worst was crashing at turn 7 (North) so fast that I slid all the way to South! I was fortunate that I just slid and my bike did to...what sucked is that I was gridded last and made it all the way to 12th at the time of the crash, I passed a guy late and we bumped...I had to bin it to keep us both from crashing. 40th to 12th would have been good enough I guess...

Be safe!

Sharif@Forged 12-10-2009 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike (Post 315811)
no, a little longer than that, since its street season for a couple months! No track days until march or april.

Sebring Jan 2-3 with Chin Motorsports. Lets start the year off big a bang! :tup:

Sign up!

Mike 12-10-2009 09:54 PM

going to Colorado with wife's family that week :(

Sharif@Forged 12-10-2009 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike (Post 317004)
going to Colorado with wife's family that week :(

excuses, excuses. :)

tommyguns 12-18-2009 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 313535)
My advice... sign up at iRacing.com and practice, practice, practice!

I took your advice and all I can say is thanks. I havent stoped since the first day I joined. A great learning tool.

MightyBobo 12-22-2009 01:36 AM

ROFL - how did I JUST find this thread? Probably like how it took AK forever to find the original thread :-p

I DEFINITELY took that corner much faster than I had ALL of my other sessions, I can promise you that. I didnt apex the initial left hand turn far enough, and I cut too far in on the next right. Every other session I was flying through there compared to everyone else, so I felt I had a very good handle on it. Obviously, I let it get to me and I tried it a bit hotter than usual. Unfortunately, a "bit" ended up being more like a mouthful I couldn't handle heh.

BTW, you all arent the only ones who are thinking I should have gone left at that point, but I honestly think it came back to the right into the guardrail because I didn't sense the oversteer quickly enough to countersteer. If I did, It probably would have flipped around.

I should have the car back in a day or two - shops taking its time on repairs, mainly due to holiday-time shipping issues, and Im ok with that.

Oh, cant remember who said it, but Im not particularly scared of an incident like this...it helps having a dedicated DD and truck to tow the car to the event and back :)

Sharif@Forged 12-23-2009 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 336893)
ROFL - how did I JUST find this thread? Probably like how it took AK forever to find the original thread :-p

I DEFINITELY took that corner much faster than I had ALL of my other sessions, I can promise you that. I didnt apex the initial left hand turn far enough, and I cut too far in on the next right. Every other session I was flying through there compared to everyone else, so I felt I had a very good handle on it. Obviously, I let it get to me and I tried it a bit hotter than usual. Unfortunately, a "bit" ended up being more like a mouthful I couldn't handle heh.

BTW, you all arent the only ones who are thinking I should have gone left at that point, but I honestly think it came back to the right into the guardrail because I didn't sense the oversteer quickly enough to countersteer. If I did, It probably would have flipped around.

I should have the car back in a day or two - shops taking its time on repairs, mainly due to holiday-time shipping issues, and Im ok with that.

Oh, cant remember who said it, but Im not particularly scared of an incident like this...it helps having a dedicated DD and truck to tow the car to the event and back :)

So when is your next track day? We will be at VIR for a special GT-R private track event on Feb 22rd (Monday) if you are interested in coming. Jump back on the horse! :) About 10 cars on VIR full course at a time. :)

MightyBobo 12-23-2009 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharif@Forged (Post 338689)
So when is your next track day? We will be at VIR for a special GT-R private track event on Feb 22rd (Monday) if you are interested in coming. Jump back on the horse! :) About 10 cars on VIR full course at a time. :)

Oy, 10 cars? Nice - compared to the 30+ I had to put up with...we had traffic up the *** (which, on a 3+ mile course, sounds ridiculous if you ask me).

I'm jumping back on the horse as soon as its financially possible. February is probably way too soon sadly. More than likely, somewhere around June-ish Im guessing. My first one back in the saddle will probably be the ITR Expo (if it happens this year, at least...).

I cant wait to get back out on the track, it was an amazing time!


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