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Old 09-08-2010, 10:05 AM
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Here is some video of a couple of terrifying laps in the rain during the Purple enduro at Road America last weekend. I was on slicks and for a while my wipers gave out. Code brown!

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I like the telemtry system on the video.

We had some races at laguna in the rain. It definitely gets your attention.

you need to put rain X on the windshield before the race.

mk

Picture is me on slicks and everyone else on rains. at laguna, you can do this, as the turns are slow and the straights are pretty straight. at Sears, my finish was reversed.

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Here is some video of a couple of terrifying laps in the rain during the Purple enduro at Road America last weekend. I was on slicks and for a while my wipers gave out. Code brown!

TRAC 2010 Enduro in the rain
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Nothing worse than loosing visibility in the rain!
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RainX is the best to keep that from happening. But, you cant tea-toddle around, you need speed to keept the stuff working.

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Nothing worse than loosing visibility in the rain!
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That was exciting. My video stopped on the warm-up lap, it's too bad. It started to rain again and HARD!
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Is that the illustrious Brianne off in the gravel there in T1?
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Originally Posted by OmniGLH
Is that the illustrious Brianne off in the gravel there in T1?
Yep that is Bri-anne. Thinking he may want to consider 4 wheel drive and tractor tires for RA given the amount of time he spends of track.-
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Hey, I was never in any gravel. I stayed on track the entire time. Note to self & all, Pilot Sport Cups are NOT good rain tires.
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hey guys. this was my race last year in the rain at VIR with NASA (PTE class). i was on dry (bald!) tires; it started raining on the pace lap! http://www.vimeo.com/3915803

tough race; lots of offs and crashes. good result though!

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Will Rain-X work on Hoosiers?



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