S4 Forum X-post of my WGI spin in the rain. What should I have done?
#11
wow, I hadn't realized you'd spun too. Monday was a bad day.
I'm glad you came out of it OK. Could have been much worse (as we all saw).
At least Tuesday was a great day, no incidents.
At least Tuesday was a great day, no incidents.
#12
The instructor's crash was also due to overly worn tires...
I was on street tires (cheap Kuhmo's), with about a half-life left, and the car would consistently move off line by 2-4 feet going that river. I can only imagine what having worn RA1s would be like... End the end, you did the right thing because you hit the brakes during a trajectory that kept you away from hard objects.
#13
About the S4
My understanding was he had almost lost it once before earlier in the run. The car was definately doing something squirrely. The worn tires would explain it. I was on the track at the same time with my instructor who is a nut on his tires and we had no problems through there and were hitting it pretty fast
#16
yeah, that river was interesting....
I noticed exactly the same thing, it'd move me a half car width over every time - but thankfully in a predictable manner, as long as I had the car balanced. At least you can *see* those rivers.
#17
the Glen recieved between 3-5" of rain on Monday...
If it wasn't raining, the track was closed due to thick fog or lightening... a very interesting day at the track. I think we lost 2 or 3 hours to weather related delays.
#20
My dad actually passed you just after you had spun out I think...
cuz he had commented that a red M3 had spun out in the S's.
I think like 3 people spun out that last run! In 3 seperate places... it was nuts
I think like 3 people spun out that last run! In 3 seperate places... it was nuts