This is why PCA has advanced instructors
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Originally Posted by wattba02
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Sorry, Marcus, that we have different views of this. You did miss some valid comments before deleting them. Just because you don't "recall" any valid comments, and instead chose to suggest that those making them had no track experience, doesn't make it so. And your "personal" account is fully public. It is not really "personal".
Sign up for the next LSRPCA event in September. I am sure you wil appreciate the high level of personalized instruction available.
Sign up for the next LSRPCA event in September. I am sure you wil appreciate the high level of personalized instruction available.
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Will do. FWIW, at the end of the session he followed me to my parking spot and apologized profusely. I told him that being unaware was one thing, but to tap his mirror, setting up my expectation for a point-by and then not giving one was a big deal. I also told him that I appreciated the fact that he stopped by to apologize directly; makes all the difference in being able to get back on the track with him in the future. So I'm cool with how it ended.
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In the interests of full disclosure, I'm known as a being a bit aggressive. I understand the desire to go faster and push limits, but this series in two days exceeds several years of my footage. In those years, I've spun 4 times, three of which involved foreign fluids on track. I'm not here to crucify the driver, merely point out to him that the purpose of DE is to learn lessons well or understand that there is the potential to perish. The video suggests that he did not absorb the lessons of the first day and that, IMO, is a dangerous state of affairs for he and those around him. I don't know this track, but the first spin reminded me of the recent Mini incident at Willow. The spin into the grass could have been very, very serious, and as VR points out, fatal.
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I'll look into the possibility of doing some LSRPCA events next year.
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Will do. FWIW, at the end of the session he followed me to my parking spot and apologized profusely. I told him that being unaware was one thing, but to tap his mirror, setting up my expectation for a point-by and then not giving one was a big deal. I also told him that I appreciated the fact that he stopped by to apologize directly; makes all the difference in being able to get back on the track with him in the future. So I'm cool with how it ended.
Marcus, you should also consider doing the Maverick PCA event at MSR or Eagles Canyon in the fall instead of NASA. I have nothing against NASA. However, as others have said, the quality of PCA instructors in this part of the country is unparalleled.
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ECR can make you pay dearly for offs. I've seen first hand (at DEs) cars with substantial unpleasantries after what would be a "minor" spin at MSR or TWS. Not to mention the armco and haybales and concrete wall and the cow poo smell. (Well, I for one don't like the poo smell).
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ECR can make you pay dearly for offs. I've seen first hand (at DEs) cars with substantial unpleasantries after what would be a "minor" spin at MSR or TWS. Not to mention the armco and haybales and concrete wall and the cow poo smell. (Well, I for one don't like the poo smell).
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Tosi, TWS is probably the most underrated track in the country. It is a superb track wrapped in a crappy run down facility, whose new owners will likely make big improvements.