Video's, turn 1 off, P.I doing 200. And catching a v8 commo.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:54 pm

Turn sound off first, as it's really bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghh48exGTQ8

d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:44 pm

DAMN!

Buy a lotto ticket after that?

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:34 pm

I couldn't really tell, but did you just miss the tyre barrier?

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:59 am

I did just rub up to the tyre barrier with the rear bumper. So there is a permanent racing stripe accross the bumper.

When it came around and i was looking at the wall all i could think was to flick it back around to get it facing any otherway, and then stand on the brakes. It felt like it was never going to stop.

rascal · Postby **rascal** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:42 pm

lightyear wrote: So there is a permanent racing stripe accross the bumper.

And a permanent stripe in your pants...

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:29 pm

Scary! You slide forever on the grass! Oh, and nice view of the MINI too.

I had a similar experience with my MINI Cooper S at Eastern Creek last year :oops:

. I had just finished my warm-up lap, was doing 187km/hr by the end of the main straight, and turned into turn 1 a fraction too soon and with a fraction too much speed. The result was that I was slightly off line for the apex and then (stupidly :roll:

) tried a very slight correction mid corner. End result was that the back end swung around and I totally lost it while travelling at 160km/hr. I jumped on the skids and the car slid at 90 degrees with full opposite lock for 120m before coming to a stop near the right-hand edge of the track. The noise and smoke was incredible. But at least I managed to keep it on the track, not hit anything and didn't break either myself or the MINI. I also somehow remembered to declutch, so it was a simple matter to check for oncoming traffic and then move off again. That is, until the clunk-clunk noise from the front tyres suggested they'd copped some punishment. After returning to the pits, I discovered a palm-sized chunk of rubber had completely delaminated off the front-right tyre and it was down to the canvas. The front-left was badly flat-spotted too, so that was the end of two almost brand new tyres.

I was also keen to review exactly what happened via the video that I had set up in my car. I was frustrated not only to discover that the DV tape had ended during the session, but that the precise point where the tape ran out was about three seconds after the slide started! AAAAARGH!!!

You wouldn't believe your luck. Anyway, this is what I caught on video.

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:21 pm

Link broken Guran

gobsmax · Postby **gobsmax** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:06 pm

Jeo wrote:Link broken Guran

link back up

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:44 pm

That's a shame about your video. Looked like a good setup for a drift.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:41 pm

Video of me trying to get past a v8 commodore racecar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuvkeorHJk

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:04 pm

Nice work, i see the commodore was getting a bit sideways at some points, must have been trying pretty hard...

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:21 pm

2nd part of me chasing commodore. He got away as i got held up from a wrx coming on the track right in front of me. Watch how sideways i get in turn one.... again. Hopefully the mods i have done will help me get around a little cleaner.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gewLX4Nt920

Yer he was trying pretty hard, i would too if there was a little 4 cyl car right behind me. Look at the black lines he leaves at the end of the first video.