Hazzards of road racing

[arrowhead]

And it was not his fault.

 

[crazytsiawd]

that will buff out

 

[mchustle]

A little duck tape, rubbing compound, and a buffer good as new.

 

[constant_proj21]

Evo 8 crashes at Map Proving Grounds 2012 - YouTube

This happened at our event a couple weeks ago. Road racing def can be dangerous, did the guy in the red car above walk away alright?

 

[Dhan]

Shame. Looks recoverable and at least it didn't roll.

What happened?

 

[4g63tc]

Ah watch out for them "Duke" boys

 

[Awdspyderman]

atleast it was a rabbit ,LoL JK . Hope the guy walked away ok?

 

[arrowhead]

The driver was fine, the car was not salvageable as the impact bent the tower pretty bad, he has a spare one so he will use whatever he can out this one.

The car in front of him lost it and he could not avoided it, it happen coming of the back straight going into the infield there is a small S and that is where he lost it.

 

[arrowhead]

Novice did not know about warming tires before going all out

 

[DaRKSiDeGSX]

that s2000 is horrible! I hate even seeing a beautiful car mangled up like that

 

[phunny]

Man that sucks, and insurance companies won't cover it

 

[cait sith]

What is the point of this thread, and what does it have to do with DSMs and a road course?

 

[PieEyedPiper]

What is the point of this thread, and what does it have to do with DSMs and a road course?

The argument could be made that DSMs and the wrecked examples pictured above are all cars. A DSM can quickly look like one of those pictures, if it were to drive on a road course and wreck.
Besides, Arrowhead is older than most of us and more experienced. Pretty much everything he has to say is interesting.

 

[Evo3Codriver]

Blah, a cakewalk compared to hillclimbing or rally racing.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on3RxOpGNYA]Jeremy Foley Crash: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2012 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[arrowhead]

What is the point of this thread, and what does it have to do with DSMs and a road course?

Well a lot of things are posted in the forum that do not have to do with a DSM.
This particular car and no one has mentioned it, has no rollcage or a roll bar, maybe I am trying to point out that there are hazards in any kind of racing, even if this was only a private club doing a track day.

Since I now own a DSM which is going to be a dedicated road racing car, I hope, I think it is all related.

Been around racing very long time and dont like to see anyone get hurt or their equipment damage, be it roller skating, bikes, motorcycles, drag cars, boat racing, go karts, or road racing.

Go fast and stay safe
arrowhead

Blah, a cakewalk compared to hillclimbing or rally racing.

Jeremy Foley Crash: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2012 - YouTube

Very true.

 

[Flash]

Race cars are meant to be raced, and crashes do occur in racing.

After examining the pictures, it does not look like those tires started life as slicks. They look like normal street tires with the tread worn off, combined with wet conditions... not his fault... then who's was it?

 

[Miasma]

Glad that he walked away. Accidents are apart of the sport.

 

[arrowhead]

Race cars are meant to be raced, and crashes do occur in racing.

After examining the pictures, it does not look like those tires started life as slicks. They look like normal street tires with the tread worn off, combined with wet conditions... not his fault... then who's was it?

I am not sure which tires he had on at the time, but for road racing we have rain tires and dry tires or slicks. What a lot of guys use in the smaller cars for rain tires are street tires.
Remember in road racing we race whether the track is wet or dry the decision on which tire to use is the drivers and his crew.

There are very few at fault in racing, in the case of the red car, another car lost it and ran into him.

You are going to get hit or hit someone at some time in any type of racing.

 

[Dnf]

Damn that s2k is hurt.

 

[DSMnoobsause]

Was this an scca event? I don't see any class markings on the S2000. Just looks like a track day car. I am very surprised that there is no roll cage in it also as SCCA requires a cage in all competition cars.

 

[Evo3Codriver]

Rally!

Watch as stunned spectators rush to the aid of these drivers who are submerged upside down underwater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStcyDj830Q

Just kidding they check to see if their vids saved.

 

[AngelOfPassion]

Rally!

Watch as stunned spectators rush to the aid of these drivers who are submerged upside down underwater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStcyDj830Q

Just kidding they check to see if their vids saved.

In this digital age people are forgetting that there are actually people on the other side of the screens that they are recording on... This is why I don't record much of anything at all. Watching something on a screen when it is happening right in front of you for the sake of recording is absolutely ridiculous...

Go to a children's play at a school or something and the entire audience is hidden behind tablets and phones trying to record...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2sRC3K9Hs]Louis CK: Stupid Facebook Posts - Oh My God (HD) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[arrowhead]

Was this an scca event? I don't see any class markings on the S2000. Just looks like a track day car. I am very surprised that there is no roll cage in it also as SCCA requires a cage in all competition cars.

Not an SCCA event.

Yes, it is a track day car.

 

[Ghost_92TSi]

Damn that sucks, that video of the EVO is ROUGH! I've seen a wheel bearing fail and send a guy into the wall. Shit happens. The name of the game.