Whos camaro is this wrecking at Thunderhill?
 

tough break and pains me to see... :faint:

So much for that original sheet metal huh? That looked like a pretty hard hit. Ouch!!

The car looks familiar but I can't place it. Maybe just saw it in a magazine ad?

Man that's a bitc#.If it had been me I wouldn't have had enough ball's to post it on you tube.Maybe he just really wanted to build a new car.

ouch...my heart just sank for that guy

Double Ouch! That hurts, can't believe how calm he was after the crash... I kinda think swear words would still be coming out of my mouth.

I don't know who the owner is, but the windshield banner is Speed Merchants out of San Jose, likely semi local to that area... Poor guy :(


Jason

Yea, I've seen that car at speed merchant before. I think I had heard of that crash some time ago.

If I remember correctly it had a loooot of work done to it.

Word...I'd make a drunken sailor blush!

That is very sad,looks like the rear slid out and he tapped the wall on the left then overcorrected into the wall on the right.

Looks and sounded like a sweet car...

I was thinking the same thing..

Wow. That isn't fun. Yeah I remember seeing that at Goodies/Speed Merchants forever as well a couple years ago.

That looks a lot like Karl Chicca's car. The Speed Merchant logo kinda gives it away. It was a incredibly nice car. I saw it a couple times at Speed Merchant.

http://lifesgoodracing.com/index.php
Thats the racing team mentioned at the end of the video. Too bad, it looked like a very nice car :(

There is no wall on the left, just lots of field.

back went into grass.. lost traction, pivoted, went back on track, regained traction but in a bad way..

What a shame..

But I still say that tracking a car is WAY safer than driving with Joe Public on the highways.

Well isn't that the reality of all this???? we all think it won't happen, but i guess it does.
it SUCKS!! glad the guy was ok

Damn, that sucks. Tough break.:(

Sure sounded like he kissed the drivers side rear qtr first...but I could be wrong.

nope, only two walls to hit at that track, One just a turn prior to the video starting, and the main straight wall to protect the pit entrance and cars lining up for the next race, which is the one he hit. It did sound like a wall he hit, but that's a rumble strip on the exit of the corner.

Jody

Yep, dropping a rear wheel off, especially in a corner, will end one of two ways.

1. Ass puckered and heart rate jump

2. Same as 1 including out of control slide.

Just how I wrecked a 2000 mustang GT with the back left going off the road coming out of a corner, except it snapped back and forth about 3 times, then spun right nearly all the way around backwards. trees. ditch. totaled. lesson learned the hard way.

Is there anyway he could have prevented this? It didn't sound like he got out of it when he dipped his tired in the grass... I'm not sure if he knew his tire was on the grass or not. Do you get out of it and try to get back on track? Or do you continue on the run off area? Just not sure how to handle a situation like this...

It all depends, I would try and stabilize the throttle. But once it starts to slide, all bets are off. I lost traction accelerating out of a corner and instead of easing off the go pedal I tried to ride it until I caught traction. Big mistake, the car snapped when I left off.

Its kind of hard to say, from my understanding of vehicle dynamics if you're experiencing oversteer you need to load the car's weight over the front enough to optimize steering, by lifting off the gas, or braking a bit, as soon as you have enough weight transfer, steer out and apply more throttle as you straighten up. I learned all of this at a driving school, and only practiced at low speeds, so I'm sure saving the car here could be a bit more nuanced. Maybe someone else will chime in.

(I'm a track novice)
Always easy to back seat drive... but technically your never really supposed to 'snap' back on the track, but I don't think he really does that? Should he have kept going off track causing a spin? Maybe because clearly what he did, did not work. It seems like he did nothing to turn left to avoid the barrier but damn it was all so quick. I'd guess he was split second thinking mellow don't spin out oh oh barrier...
Interested what the pros have to say.

Can you post a different form of the pic? I cant see it on my PC.

Thanks Jody for the clarification...I knew I heard something.

Anyone see this?

http://lifesgoodracing.com/gallery/78TransAm/index.php

Easily. For one he had way too much confidence coming into the second turn into the vid, for two, he was off line. Should have slowed. His pucker factor should have happened just before that turn and braked. Would have been fine and it would have slowed his time. Instead he went balls out throttle trying to get back onto the track.

Maintenance throttle can go a long way as well and respect for power, seems the driver was fond of the right pedal.

In fact, if you watch the video and listen to the throttle, his tires started speaking to him, screaming for help before the apex of the turn, but instead of listening to them, he stayed in the throttle rather than easing out or applying a small amount of brake. You can hear the tires hopping when his right foot gets off the pedal and back on again and again. That car told him what was going to happen, he wasn't listening sadly. :(

That said, **** happens at the track. Seems like he was outdriving the tires, which many of us are guilty of. I prefer to outdrive my tires where there are no ditches, walls and plenty of run off.

You can clearly hear his throttle blipping as the tires give way, had he let off just a tiny bit and braked a bit, pucker factor over and turn would have been fine. With a properly setup pony car its amazing how much steering you actually do with your right foot.

I've driven that track quite a few times..... I was suprised that this was the turn he lost it on. There are definitely a couple of other turns that are more technically difficult. As Jody stated, there is no wall on the left....only grass. It's the last turn before a big long straight..... the first thought I had was that he was really trying to carry alot of speed into that turn so he could haul ass down the straight.

What a shame....

OUUUCH, that hurts to watch,


almost sounds like his throttle stuck....

heres another bad one...

His name is Carl Chica and he lives in the Bay Area, as far as I know he's been tracking the car for quite a few rears now I dont know when this wreck happened but he has had a glass clip on it for a some years.



Jeff