Second time on track. Just sharing
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Second time on track. Just sharing
Tracked the car for the second time since I bought it. It's a ton of FUN!! I'm getting better at it. Am now able to keep up with a track dedicated 'vette with aftermarket mods and track tires on it. Me on street tires, at factory recc cold pressures. I can just sense how some people can really get into it.
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Not anymore! Caught fire on the fifth lap. Car is 2002 Lotus, 1100 miles on it. Just got done with the break-in, the owner brought it to the track. He was really pushing it. But, green as I am on the track, I lapped him!! What a shame about the car, though.
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My car with it's older brother, a 1996 993 C4S. This car had the unfortunate bad luck to be following the Lotus. It got into the oil slick the Lotus spewed, and he went backwards into the tire wall at a sweeper I would take at 100 mph. That's father and son assesing the damage. These cars are tanks!!! Skewed the bumper and broke the lights, but only cosmetic damage!
There was a 944, a track dedicated 993, a daily driver 993 RS, a tricked out 914. Sorry didn't get pictures of those. I was too busy driving!
There was a 944, a track dedicated 993, a daily driver 993 RS, a tricked out 914. Sorry didn't get pictures of those. I was too busy driving!
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Hi Palting
You're supposed to begin: "Hi my name is Palting..."
Too bad about the Lotus. Hopefully insurance will cover it.
Strangest one I know of is one ddry about ten years ago at blackhawk Farms, a new 928 spun into the boonies and ended up in the tall grass with the motor killed.
The Cat Conv set fire to the grass, and ended up destroying the car. A total loss before the corner workers got there.
M in C
You're supposed to begin: "Hi my name is Palting..."
Too bad about the Lotus. Hopefully insurance will cover it.
Strangest one I know of is one ddry about ten years ago at blackhawk Farms, a new 928 spun into the boonies and ended up in the tall grass with the motor killed.
The Cat Conv set fire to the grass, and ended up destroying the car. A total loss before the corner workers got there.
M in C
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[quote]Originally posted by Mike in Chi:
<strong>Hi Palting
You're supposed to begin: "Hi my name is Palting..."
Too bad about the Lotus. Hopefully insurance will cover it.
Strangest one I know of is one ddry about ten years ago at blackhawk Farms, a new 928 spun into the boonies and ended up in the tall grass with the motor killed.
The Cat Conv set fire to the grass, and ended up destroying the car. A total loss before the corner workers got there.
M in C</strong><hr></blockquote>
Heh-heh-heh. It can be pretty addicting.
The fact that the car burned rather than got into an accident is a sort of bad news/good news deal. He can always claim it happened on any road or highway. That, in essence is what happened. Nobody hit him, and he hit nobody. The fact that it happened on the track may have no bearing. That might even make it a warranty claim rather than an insurance one.
<strong>Hi Palting
You're supposed to begin: "Hi my name is Palting..."
Too bad about the Lotus. Hopefully insurance will cover it.
Strangest one I know of is one ddry about ten years ago at blackhawk Farms, a new 928 spun into the boonies and ended up in the tall grass with the motor killed.
The Cat Conv set fire to the grass, and ended up destroying the car. A total loss before the corner workers got there.
M in C</strong><hr></blockquote>
Heh-heh-heh. It can be pretty addicting.
The fact that the car burned rather than got into an accident is a sort of bad news/good news deal. He can always claim it happened on any road or highway. That, in essence is what happened. Nobody hit him, and he hit nobody. The fact that it happened on the track may have no bearing. That might even make it a warranty claim rather than an insurance one.
