Doing it straight in front of the track photographer: priceless

YEA!!!

Wooohooo!! Go Andrew! Only YOU could get it caught in that moment... amazing!

It was fun, wasn't it?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ivman... YEA!!! Wooohooo!! Go Andrew! Only YOU could get it caught in that moment... amazing!

Oh it was deliberate. On the first lap I saw Dido set up there with his big lens
so I decided to put on a show for him next time around.

Quote: It was fun, wasn't it?

Well it was interesting. No damage except for the bumper retaining screw
which you can see popped out in http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...k/ht4u5688.jpg

Post-mortem:

Exiting #3 I normally lift a shade and turn further to the right to get a favorable
line into #4. In many cars, lifting and tightening is fatal. But in the reliably
understeering car, the weight transfer gives the front a bit more bite and you
can get around.

But to my astonishment the rear let go, swung the car to the right and then
the rears bit again, sending me off track fast. My rear never lets go.

Why did my rear let go?

It was the second lap of the day on brand new tires. The fronts would
be getting warm by then (from braking) and the rears are still cold. The fronts
will have had more of that new-tire shininess scuffed off. I had ample front camber and
not really enough rear camber. All of which added up to the rear letting go.

If you scroll down the page fast enough it looks like an old school flip page cartoon. lol

Those are the best gto pictures I've ever seen. Look how calm you are in the photos. It almost looks like you were trying to get as much dirt on the track as possible LOL.

What sucks is that it happened during your 1st session of a 3 day track weekend. Nothing like taking all the wind out of your sails right at the beginning. I know how it feels, and it takes me a while to regain 100% confidence. Oh well, I hope you had a fun weekend, I had a great time as always . Glad you and the goat are OK.

Quote: Originally Posted by GTO Fan... It almost looks like you were trying to get as much dirt on the track as possible LOL.

The number of people who said "oh that was you was it". I made the
photographer move elsewhere because it mucked up his aesthetics.

Quote: What sucks is that it happened during your 1st session of a 3 day track weekend. Nothing like taking all the wind out of your sails right at the beginning. I know how it feels, and it takes me a while to regain 100% confidence.

Yeah. My other significant offage earlier this year was on lap 1 of
session 1. Hopefully I've learnt that lesson now.

Better times:

man
i thought u broke something

how fast did u hit the dirt?

true testment here to how tough the goat is

Quote: Originally Posted by DJJONESIVS... how fast did u hit the dirt?

About 50mph I guess.

Quote: true testment here to how tough the goat is

It's a bit surprising that the bumper stayed on. My splitter needs a bit of
a spring-clean now, but no biggy.

Quote: Originally Posted by flink... Oh it was deliberate. On the first lap I saw Dido set up there with his big lens so I decided to put on a show for him next time around.

I knew it!!

Quote: Originally Posted by flink... Well it was interesting. No damage except for the bumper retaining screw which you can see popped out in http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...k/ht4u5688.jpg

Well, I'm glad both you and the goat are ok, with only minor damages.

lol scroll down fast and its like an old school nickelodeon

I still want you to make me one of those splitters you have. =]

Someone needs to make an animated gif of that!!!

No worries. We call that "learning the limit"


Looks like minimal damage. These cars are pretty resilient. I went off and took out a large bush, car didn't show any damage... Wish I could say the same for that bush.

splitter = spade shovel

lol

do goats come in 4wd now?

I do like that splitter..

Looks like your front bumper came loose on the passenger side. I never thought I'd see your car in photos such as those above. LOL Still looks sexy!

You're doing it wrong.



It's cool, everyone will have an off eventually. First time out with the C5Z I had a "omg both feet in" spin, in the rain at Pocono.

You're supposed to drive through the front window, not the side ones! There's your problem right there! Lol

Glad to hear the car's ok after going all "agricultural"

WOW I must say she stayed together very good, I really must got with you guys one day

Here you go. I took the liberty of making it a video.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/c...n-3_704239.htm

Holy shit, those are some awesome shots. Glad you and the car came out fine after that one.

After I saw this one I thought the bumper will be flying off in the next pic :O

Quote: Originally Posted by batboy... Here you go. I took the liberty of making it a video. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/c...n-3_704239.htm

whoa, excellent, thanks.

Alas, I didn't have the in-car video set up. I often don't in the first session - too much other stuff to do.

Wow, glad you and the goat made it through fine but damn .. those are some sick shots!

I wish my POS was that tough. I hit a fly and and she breaks Nice job saving it too.

Quote: Originally Posted by batboy... Here you go. I took the liberty of making it a video. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/c...n-3_704239.htm

Great video!

Flink, sorry to see the pics, but glad to hear the only thing really hurt was your pride.

Crap, I said Flick instead of Flink

Nice....