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Posted by SF Coupe (Member # 1810) on :
 
Here's the video from my final race with the AIX Outlaw crew. Great bunch of guys, great racing, unfortunately my little ones at home need me more than this hobby allows. Car is off to Texas this afternoon to a happy new owner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkmt74JBNuU&list=UUYWKw2DvCsFtCHTmih5tRKw&index=2&feature=plcp

And, anybody who tracks their car seriously, racing or not, should think long and hard about building a proper cage and buying all the safety equipment. ANYTHING can happen at the speeds we are going. This video is a testament to that. Steve is a friend with a young family, the safety gear saved his life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuVgkSIuouY&feature=related
 
Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
wow that video...he's extremely lucky, I can't imagine hitting that berm fast enough to hit the outer wall!
 
Posted by BIzKitBrAIn (Member # 4018) on :
 
WOW Glad Steve's ok, I know he was worried about rolling but I dunnno why he didn't go both feet in when he got the car straight to try and scrub some speed off
 
Posted by SydeWaySix (Member # 3596) on :
 
Damn, thanks for posting both videos. I'm still kind of sad that you sold the coupe. Your car gave me the inspiration to believe that an MM setup can be faster than a Griggs or A47 car with SLA and all the other crazy shit those guys have. I'll miss watching your race videos for sure [worship]

And thanks for the crash video...it really shows that proper protection is necessary in a track car. I definitely need to step up to a full cage if I plan to keep doing this sport.
 
Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by BIzKitBrAIn:
WOW Glad Steve's ok, I know he was worried about rolling but I dunnno why he didn't go both feet in when he got the car straight to try and scrub some speed off
he probably did, I haven't gone off into dirt at 130, but I did around 80 once and my brakes didn't do shit to slow me down, I just had enough runoff area that I was able to slowly bring it back onto the track.
 
Posted by SteveL (Member # 1241) on :
 
Brakes are not a good idea. There's no traction on dirt. Step on the brakes and the tires lock up. With the tires locked, it's the same resistance regardless what direction it travels meaning the car will travel sideways just as easy as going forward. Off the brakes and the car will want to travel in the direction the tires will roll.

He did the right thing by wanting to ride it out. He just ran out of runoff. A sandpit in that area would have helped.

[ July 06, 2012, 09:24 PM: Message edited by: SteveL ]
 
Posted by 331SVO (Member # 7376) on :
 
I really need to step up my game and get my roll bar done already nice to know the driver is ok . Awesome driving vids Tim, great driving as well despite the fact you don't have all the sla stuff you still managed to get up there . Hope to be that good some day
 
Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
Wow that was crazy! Too bad there was no sand on the shoulder to slow him down
 
Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SF Coupe:
Here's the video from my final race with the AIX Outlaw crew. Great bunch of guys, great racing, unfortunately my little ones at home need me more than this hobby allows. Car is off to Texas this afternoon to a happy new owner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkmt74JBNuU&list=UUYWKw2DvCsFtCHTmih5tRKw&index=2&feature=plcp

And, anybody who tracks their car seriously, racing or not, should think long and hard about building a proper cage and buying all the safety equipment. ANYTHING can happen at the speeds we are going. This video is a testament to that. Steve is a friend with a young family, the safety gear saved his life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuVgkSIuouY&feature=related
This might be a dumb question , but what transmissions do you guys run and with what kind of brakes ? I would set up one of my Stangs more for this type of driving
 




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