Virginia International Raceway Crashes

spearfish25 · 12-12-2009, 02:12 PM

Here, check this one out. Sorry for the language, but he obviously wasn't too happy.

Another abrupt loss of control:

This one the driver missed the line completely (skip to the last 10 seconds):

speedworks · 12-12-2009, 04:41 PM

Yeap, the second one is where most of the crashes occur (go off drivers right and spin to the left. The 1st and 3rd one are what I was saying, in terms of how fast you are going, and shifting the weight left/right/left/right, and the faster you're going, the less input needed to spin. The other reason this happens is, since you want to carry as much speed as possible, you usually look for the straightest path (less steering input), and when you do that you hit/run over the FIA curbing, throwing the balance out as well.

My recommendation, small inputs, and with the speed you are going let the car slide a little left/right as you go through it. Early apex and once you have screwed up, slowly lift - that is what happened to the last guy, he got behind on the apexs and as he tried to catch up it was too much input and the rear went away.

12-12-2009, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1857	Here, check this one out. Sorry for the language, but he obviously wasn't too happy. Another abrupt loss of control: This one the driver missed the line completely (skip to the last 10 seconds): __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z Last edited by spearfish25; 12-12-2009 at 02:16 PM.

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12-12-2009, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
speedworks Track Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 550 Drives: PW purchased 01/09 Rep Power: 18	Yeap, the second one is where most of the crashes occur (go off drivers right and spin to the left. The 1st and 3rd one are what I was saying, in terms of how fast you are going, and shifting the weight left/right/left/right, and the faster you're going, the less input needed to spin. The other reason this happens is, since you want to carry as much speed as possible, you usually look for the straightest path (less steering input), and when you do that you hit/run over the FIA curbing, throwing the balance out as well. My recommendation, small inputs, and with the speed you are going let the car slide a little left/right as you go through it. Early apex and once you have screwed up, slowly lift - that is what happened to the last guy, he got behind on the apexs and as he tried to catch up it was too much input and the rear went away.