That could have been a lot worse had you hit the wall or been unable to start! Good example that bad things can happen even in DE so it is good to wear fire safety gear - but luckily not to you!

Nice video production BTW!

 

That was a well controlled exit from the track which wasn't dramatic at all, just keep driving the car.

Had you tried to steer it back on after putting 2 off, well, that would have been more dramatic. Thanks for posting.

That was a great weekend @ VIR (I was running in black group).

 

How much did VIR charge you for that? Glad you are able to laugh.

(As team captain, I had to pay $3k for ARMCO at VIR following a Chump Car race. Our off was a little more spectacular, though)

 

Nice video - thanks for posting and glad you are ok. This is a very good reminder for all of us that bad things can happen in the most surprising way.

 

I am still waiting for the bill.

 

They charge you for that? Crazy - they should water grass or gravel it that's a small little off

 

Nice work! yep, keep driviing and moving is the rule for sure! At thunderhilll, thats a daily occurrence, with alll the dry grass off line. no big deal as long as you are not sitting on a bunch of tall dry grass....... sad, folks have lost nice cars for just sitting in a grass fire.

 

Hopefully they won't send you one. There was no damage that Mother Nature can't fix.

P.S. Is that Jimmy Winchester's "old" Cayman R?

 

Guangming,

I'm sure by now you've analyzed the video and figured out you didn't stay left long enough at Left Hook and turned in a hair too early at 5...thus the off at 5a. Glad you're okay.

Mike

 

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Nope. The one behind is Jimmy's "old" Cayman R

 

^^^This^^^, and that I did not recognized the mistake and still went full throttle which pushed the front end running wide.

Thanks, Mike!

 

Similar thing happened when I was crewing for a World Challenge team in Sept 2010. The driver went off and packed the front end full of grass, including the brake ducts that had no screens. As soon as he stopped in the pits the grass packed around both front wheels caught fire. Maybe they need to rake their fields after they cut them, I can't recall this happening at any other track. We weren't the only car that had issues that weekend.

 

Is that an example of early apex?
Hit the apex too early and needed more track out room?