Agreed. It doesn't take much. A good reminder that those 'fun little AutoX courses' could do the same thing to our cars if we're not careful.
yep, he was carrying pretty good speed.
I wouldn't say he was a bad driver. This is being confident with your brakes and handeling but forgetting or not knowing that unknown factor...tire to the ground surface condition.
I remember me in Jackass a couple years ago at Gingerman. At the end of the first straight there is a hard right turn and I locked up the brakes and slid thru the grass. Same day same car but with Stielow driving I see him lock up the brakes in the exact same spot. It is easy to see because smoke is coming off the tires. He was smart enough though to take his foot off the brakes and he proceeded to make the turn.
Well #1, that car had major balls, it was accelerating FAST and being a 911 light in the front push machine, he should have lifted off the brakes to give it a chance to grab, I got out of a similar situation as a co driver, I had to scream at my driver to lift off the brakes and when he did it bit and we made the turn just barely!!
Also, don't everybody jump in the water at once and get in the way of the rescue crew, man it's like it did not even happen, the one guy just looks down at his cell phone and finishes his text message while those guys could be possibly drowning. I'll make sure to never race there!!! lol...Jesus H. C.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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