Folks have been doing this for decades. Its nothing new. I grew up in a rural community and this was a common method for reseating tractor tires.
Folks have been doing this for decades. Its nothing new. I grew up in a rural community and this was a common method for reseating tractor tires.
Because NASCAR doesn't run in the wet. At all. Indy car does, so it's not unusual to see the cars running on a thoroughly wet track. Standing water is generally OK unless it presents a situation where its unavoidable, like when there's rivers of deep water flowing across the track (Interlagos is notorious for…
I had something similar happen in a LeMons car (a Neon.) the owner, Sam, and I were thrashing the snot out of it, bot to see what would break and to use up the last of the street tires.
So I'm driving and the Sam is in the passenger seat (we hadn't pulled it yet,) and we're going around a big, 180-degree left-hand…
Didn't know it was there? That's no excuse. As a race car driver, you're supposed to know the condition of the entire track, including temporary hazards such as standing water, debris, and slow or disabled cars. If you don't, then you don't drive the track at speed. You take a reconnaissance lap — that's what…
Top Tip: Don't drive through standing water. Change your line.
After a few more views, here's what's going on. The Ford driver drops two off at the exit of the preceeding corner. As he trys to get back on the racing surface, the back end steps out. Maybe he got on the brakes, maybe it was the curbing. I dunno. But when the tail steps out, he counter-steers appropriately and…
Who is Durex? Are they an aftermarket supplier for Subaru?
As bad as the VW driver was in the previous post, this guy is good. He drops two wheels off, but instead of tryuing to swerve back onto the track and causing a spin, the Ford driver let's the car go where it wants, and where it wants os on the OTHER side of the track. So be it. He goes to the inside, keeps the car…
Send him to Brunei.
Note how the GT driver got his car pointed straight before lighting up the rear tires. The BMW driver? Not so much.
Sounds like a PR intern is trying really, really hard to make his boss like him.
You can also get the always tasty breakfast taquitos, which is a thing they made up but is delicious. Whatacatch. Whatachicken. Whataeverayoufreakinawanta. They're constantly just making random shit up like the Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich served on a big ass piece of Texas Toast.
Pretty much.
Either Clarkson is a babbling idiot or a master of self promotion. Or both.
He is VERY good at what he does though.
I don' tthink this was the root cause. He dropped two wheels off on the exit of the corner (probably from a too-late apex,) Instead of staying on the grass, he brings the car back on the track (or trys to.) That's when the rear end broke loose.
So two mistakes (at least,) tropping two wheels, and then trying to…
There's a reason they stopped running Formula One races at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and it's because that circuit is dangerous as hell. The drivers brave enough to do amateur track days there find this out the hard way all the time.
No 300HP BRZ? No problem!
Vorschlag is prototyping an LS3 swap into the Toyobaru right now. A curtomer blew up the 2.0L motor several times while turbocharging it, so he brought it to Vorschlag so they could work their LSx magic on it. I've seen the project car and there's a TON of room in there for the LS3. …