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Old 03-25-2013, 08:23 PM
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Before viewing the wreck, ok, ok, after watching the crash check out Saturday's race - http://youtu.be/8zMeKCjeItY

crash - http://youtu.be/TqxJ6pp0Zcs

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Old 03-25-2013, 08:32 PM
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Damn, dude. You ok???
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Was that snow on the ground?
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That sucks Rob. Sorry to see that.
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Yea I'm totally fine. The conditions were totally sketchy. A bit of rain with some snow/ sleet mixed in.
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Originally Posted by Rob in VA
Yea I'm totally fine. The conditions were totally sketchy. A bit of rain with some snow/ sleet mixed in.
uh...yeah! really sketchy!

glad you're OK.
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Good job with the hands, not sure I'd be thinking to let go and do that.

Sorry about the car.
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Not a big deal about the car. I'd be upset if I wrote off my old GT3. Now checkout Saturday's race. Good stuff, I promise

A few minutes into the race, my sunglasses fall and get lodged under the pedals. You'll see me kicking around to try to free them a few times. Then, I guess all the rumble strips took a toll on my gauge cluster because that falls down and blocks the shifter for a little bit.

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Glad you are ok, good idea to take your hands off the wheel, I like to cross them over my chest before I ram stuff but I usually am going backwards in the wet grass..

I HATE rain and wet grass.
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Originally Posted by f1rocks
Good job with the hands, not sure I'd be thinking to let go and do that.

Sorry about the car.
+1. Best to grab your shoulder harnesses around your chest. Had a discussion with a Cayman driver at Road Atlanta had the same thing happen Sunday.

Really glad you're ok. That was a bad deal. I saw the diagonal river after pit out climbing the hill and knew that was coming...
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Originally Posted by Rob in VA
Yea I'm totally fine. The conditions were totally sketchy. A bit of rain with some snow/ sleet mixed in.
Haven't you heard - spring is here!!!!
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Sorry for the incident, that sucks..... glad you are OK......
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Originally Posted by ProCoach
+1. Best to grab your shoulder harnesses around your chest. Had a discussion with a Cayman driver at Road Atlanta had the same thing happen Sunday.

Really glad you're ok. That was a bad deal. I saw the diagonal river after pit out climbing the hill and knew that was coming...
Good to know - "I never know what to do with my hands" - Ricky Bobby
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Brian Redman, a man with a lot of experience, told me that...
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Originally Posted by ProCoach
Brian Redman, a man with a lot of experience, told me that...
wonder what he did when he fell out of the back of the ambulance



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