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Originally Posted by ervsch
So you want the whole embarrassing story I suppose...
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Ok... So last fall I'm at Autobahn, playing with Char. South track, trying to find a better way around turn 1/2 - the large-ish hairpin at the end of the front straight. I didn't think I was getting enough power out of the exit... So I'm trying different approaches/lines. Between the exit of that corner and the next left hander, turn 3 (where you can usually apply a lot of power), you've got a nice bit of straight where you can let the car settle. Well, what ever screwy line I had out of 1/2 didn't give me enough time to settle the car before three - but the right foot/brain combo said "what the heck, we can apply lots of power here anyway..."
Bad decision - back end came out, did a 360 in the middle of the track, but ending up drifting towards the left side armco. I ended kissing the armco at about 5-10 mph - but (luckily) hitting it perfectly parallel. So, not too much damage - could have been much worse.
Had a friend in LotusCorps do the fiberglass repairs, and now finishing up the paint work at Motorsports Collision - should be done towards the end of the week.
Ok, back to yer spotting!