So what happens to an amateur after no track driving for 5 months?

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07-19-2014, 09:12 PM

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Nice driving right up till red mist took over!!

Looks like an early apex to me. That vette was working it as he was trail braking the **** out of car and rotating it a lot.

Fun to watch.

Has your car arrived?

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07-19-2014, 09:16 PM

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Thanks. It really needs buckets and roll bar. For safety at such speeds but also to reduce all the work one's back has to do to stay put.

Glad you're ok. If you've never been on track with buckets and six points you will be so glad to relax and just drive instead of bracing yourself and to be a lot safer, too.

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The Z06 with 700hp and Hoosier should have walked you but could not.

Could be due to it's driver...plenty of guys with sticky tires, high hp, highly modded cars only know how to go fast on the straights. And there isn't a lot of straight at that track for somebody like that to work with.

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07-19-2014, 09:24 PM

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@ Nick, no. I got the vessels mixed up. It's on the Vega Leader. That boat hasn't crossed the pond yet

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07-19-2014, 09:51 PM

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@ Nick, no. I got the vessels mixed up. It's on the Vega Leader. That boat hasn't crossed the pond yet

That must be a downer for you. However, if I recall you were going to out of the country anyway.

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07-19-2014, 10:15 PM

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Sam,it happens to the best...

Nice driving.

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07-19-2014, 10:41 PM

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Sam, great vid, great driving....glad you and the car are mostly ok! Seems like getting onto the rumble strip may have unsettled the car just enough as you were entering that turn resulting in a less than perfect apex. Amazing how you were putting pressure on that Vette who had much more horsepower and tire. Really well done and fun to watch.

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07-19-2014, 10:48 PM

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What track is that? looks fun, no walls too.

Been there done that. Replace spoiler, drive again!

Car is fast. Are you driving with PSM on? Sounds (to me) like its kicking in a lot on corner exit.

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07-19-2014, 10:50 PM

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Good driving again Sam. You might try to stiffen the rear bar a hole. It will help with that understeer.

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07-19-2014, 11:29 PM

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Great driving Sam. The off happens, and you handled that well. Really fun video to watch. Keep 'em coming!

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07-19-2014, 11:32 PM

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+1 keep video and data points coming. Very valuable feedback from you and others for those on the fence. Look forward to hear what the splitter costs. I bought my share

Would love to see more footage that shows steering, flappy inputs please.
Look forward to try it myself one day.

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07-19-2014, 11:58 PM

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appeared to be a good save.

i am also in the 5 month club. just no off, yet.........

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07-20-2014, 12:02 AM

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Loved watching the vid. Great action! Glad you and the car are ok. We've all been 'agricultural'

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07-20-2014, 12:22 AM

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Awesome.

Thank you for taking the time and sharing.

Happy to see the damage was only cosmetic.

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07-20-2014, 01:10 AM

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Great driving and recovery! Thanks for sharing.

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07-20-2014, 01:44 AM

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Just a slight detour to do a little bit of gardening; anyone who's pushed on-track has been there

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... I was particularly impressed that when you lost it, you did not try to recover allowing the car to go into the "weeds". Had you tried to recover (many mistakenly do) matters could have been much worse.

+1

Thanks for sharing another great video Sam!

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