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How to hydroplane on the track.

https://youtu.be/q-EvOliHIEw Car was fine, just a bits of grass everywhere. Needless to say 75-80 was way too fast. Rain started to come down pretty bad and eventually they had to

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Old 08-14-2017, 11:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Car was fine, just a bits of grass everywhere. Needless to say 75-80 was way too fast. Rain started to come down pretty bad and eventually they had to close the track because of the lakes forming.
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Doing some farming on the south 40? Nice save.
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Good job on keeping the steering wheel straight when you went on the grass.
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hotdang, good recovery
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I think it was more the dirt path and a bit of luck more then anything that saved me.
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Wow! Glad you kept it away from anything solid! I just did a track day in the wet and had a few "moments" myself although not like that one. It happens so fast. Nice job!
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Your grip on the wheel is too tight. You over-corrected unnecessarily. We have plenty of caster on these cars; just ride it out.

I was at the VIR 24 hour last weekend racing through the weather. This is what it looked like in the dark (view from another car).

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What tires were you using?
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Your grip on the wheel is too tight. You over-corrected unnecessarily. We have plenty of caster on these cars; just ride it out.
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Your absolutely right, I need to be a bit more calm and controlled. Practice practice, practice.
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Your absolutely right, I need to be a bit more calm and controlled. Practice practice, practice.

Was the traction control on or off when it was raining?
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