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Old 10-13-2017, 08:16 PM
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Brain fart. Looking ahead at the slower traffic ahead and setting up in my head how I was going to pass him and somehow drifted an inch too far left. Never done that before on turn entry (exit hell yes). Lesson to be learned....

Event: POC Cup Races
Track: Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch Pahrump, Nv.
Camera car: Nathan Johnson in his center-seat Boxster with a 3.4 DFI. We're were 2nd and 3rd out of 13 with only a few laps to go....

Thanks Nathan for not ruining our friendship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu4G...ature=youtu.be
Old 10-13-2017, 08:26 PM
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Yikes !
I love that track
Old 10-13-2017, 11:00 PM
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thanks John and the rest of the Board for a very fun weekend at Spring Mountain.
Old 10-13-2017, 11:03 PM
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It happens JR. Just glad no concrete was involved.
I envy the run-off that's you guys seem to have at most tracks out there. A wheel off at Rd ATL almost always ends up in concrete (and tears).
Old 10-13-2017, 11:29 PM
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Glad you all made it through!
Racing is tough and things happens. We race race because it pushes us beyond the comfort level
Old 10-14-2017, 09:46 AM
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Cringe worthy moment, all that open space yet managed to spin right by that wall . Glad it worked out ok.

That track does look like fun and it's comforting to know I'm not the only one with brain farts.

-Mike
Old 10-14-2017, 02:33 PM
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Old 10-15-2017, 11:35 PM
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Did the driver do the "2 feet in" thing?
Does that prevent you from rolling back across the track like that?
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Originally Posted by sugarwood
Did the driver do the "2 feet in" thing?
Does that prevent you from rolling back across the track like that?
I don't think so, at least not initially. If he had, he quite possibly could have gone into that wall.

Two feet in is supposed to make the car go in a predictable straight direction while spinning.

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Old 10-17-2017, 01:31 PM
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nice one!!
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But but but where was Scott Mann running out to tell you that your whole group was getting thrown out.



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