ATTENTION track bummers
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:18 pm
all you bummer that partake in track days here's a picture of an incident i had the pleasure of being part of at SPA
what happened you ask? well stav was driving, i was passengering. This was his third lap so no cold tyre, we came out of a corner, he was flat on the throttle with not alot of lock on and as we were pretty much out of the corner the back end just stepped out, totally inexplicable!
We were going over 90 when the car was diverted towards the wall and didnt loss a great deal of speed before we hit the wall on the opposite side of the track. Fair play to stav, he kept his foot in in the hope the LSD would drag the car out of the slide, alas it didnt though.
We hit the wall at a 45 degree angle on my side and then slide sideways for a few hundred meters, god knows how we didnt flip
we came to a stop, stav was pretty shacken up, i was surprisingly ok but i did have a sec or two to pull my feet back and tuck my arms and chin into my chest. after stav finally answered he was ok i went to town with the fire extinguisher
probably didnt need to but how often are you going to get the chance 
we were both pretty sore after but ultimately walked away relatively unscathed, unlike the car.
as you can see the car is bolloxed! it did have a 1.6 16v with intake and exhaust, with the 1.3 gearbox attatched, this had a a quaife diff aswell
the car had a creased floor pan and roof after the crash and the pass door wouldnt close (although did ope with relative ease IIRC
) and the rest of the damage you can see!
lessons i learnt;
GET A CAGE NOW!
GET DECENT 3" HARNESSES
GET DECENT SEATS
GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Finally, make sure those big fat harnesses are done up as tightly as you can cope with, then tighten them some more! i had very little bruising as that's what i did, stav had his a little looser and had some serious bruises where the harnesses were!
seriously dudes, this could have been so much worse with out the cage, harnesses and seats!
what happened you ask? well stav was driving, i was passengering. This was his third lap so no cold tyre, we came out of a corner, he was flat on the throttle with not alot of lock on and as we were pretty much out of the corner the back end just stepped out, totally inexplicable!
We were going over 90 when the car was diverted towards the wall and didnt loss a great deal of speed before we hit the wall on the opposite side of the track. Fair play to stav, he kept his foot in in the hope the LSD would drag the car out of the slide, alas it didnt though.
We hit the wall at a 45 degree angle on my side and then slide sideways for a few hundred meters, god knows how we didnt flip
we came to a stop, stav was pretty shacken up, i was surprisingly ok but i did have a sec or two to pull my feet back and tuck my arms and chin into my chest. after stav finally answered he was ok i went to town with the fire extinguisher
probably didnt need to but how often are you going to get the chance we were both pretty sore after but ultimately walked away relatively unscathed, unlike the car.
as you can see the car is bolloxed! it did have a 1.6 16v with intake and exhaust, with the 1.3 gearbox attatched, this had a a quaife diff aswell
the car had a creased floor pan and roof after the crash and the pass door wouldnt close (although did ope with relative ease IIRC
) and the rest of the damage you can see!lessons i learnt;
GET A CAGE NOW!
GET DECENT 3" HARNESSES
GET DECENT SEATS
GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Finally, make sure those big fat harnesses are done up as tightly as you can cope with, then tighten them some more! i had very little bruising as that's what i did, stav had his a little looser and had some serious bruises where the harnesses were!
seriously dudes, this could have been so much worse with out the cage, harnesses and seats!
