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Is that Dwight's ZO6
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01-20-2010, 07:10 PM
Another one bites the dust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLT7DjnKv...re=related
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01-21-2010, 01:11 AM
stentech1 wrote:
Quote:Another one bites the dust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLT7DjnKv...re=related

ha ha! now thats what i call 'blowing an engine'!!!! its a good thing that the car following was a Subura, otherwise i think he'd of crashed while zigging off the track avoiding the spinning Z06 (the driver did a pretty good job of controlling the car, too).

i've had a ton of cars 'blow up' in front of me since i've been racing all these years, but i've never seen one blow that bad when i was following it (that flameout was epic).
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01-21-2010, 01:29 PM
The instructor kept his cool too...'both feet in, both feet in' .... pretty good car control, I agree
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01-21-2010, 01:47 PM
 

I have a comment to make about the above video and it's a
great lesson to be learned to avoiding contact on the track.

There was a discussion here on the RTR Forum earlier, about the
technological advances newer cars have built in to them... helpers,
or nannies, or whatever you'd like to call them.  Specifically, ABS.

When the Instructor was urging his Student to put "Both feet in --
Both feet in!" you noticed he was still able to steer the car under
full hard braking.

Well, that's the beauty of ABS.  The car can still be steered under
full hard braking.  That may not necessarily be the only thing that
saved him, but I'm sure it was a big factor.
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01-21-2010, 02:34 PM
Great point, George.  I also thought that the Instructor's hand signals were perfect.  First, he pointed left to go around the Corvette on the grass.  Then, once that danger was past, the car was sliding, so he pointed down the track and to the left to remind the student where to steer the wheels.

It sounds like instinct, but many folks would simply grab something solid and hold on. 
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01-22-2010, 01:01 AM
this is the biggest 'kaboom' i was ever behind.  it was at summit point a long while back, during a Honda Challenge race.  the car swallowed a valve, and then the parts started exiting the block (making lots of smoke and a real slippy track).  one of our friends took this picture from the other side of the carousel:

 
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01-22-2010, 02:02 AM
Never really thought about the car in-front of me lunching the motor or having a mechanical failure. Will try and stay more alert at all times. Especially when going down straights. Amazing how quick the corvette spun and the evo was atop of the other car. Things happen quick.
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01-22-2010, 07:23 AM
I ask the experts:  If your engine or a friend's engine is on fire, should you try to extinguish it, or should you just get away.  Is there a danger the gas tank will explode?

 
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01-22-2010, 07:27 AM
If my car catches on fire. As long as every one is out. Please everybody run!!!
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01-22-2010, 08:14 AM
 

Are you kidding, get out and run.  Screw the car, it's already in shambles!
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