Me = 0 / vir tire wall = 1

Mike · 02-22-2010, 06:16 PM

Hopethe new stillen bumper is out soon! Either that or maybe the nismo. Gotta make an opportunity out of it

Megan370z · 02-22-2010, 06:30 PM

As I can see , there has been 3 reported problems with oil cooler offered from company or DIY
if I'm right it was Travisjb who lost his engine then another guy couple weeks ago with a well known company who made the oil cooler kit , now Mike

I'm glad you came out OK and no injuries reported !

speedworks · 02-22-2010, 06:31 PM

Mike, that sucks. But, I do think the score is VIR = 2, 370z drivers = 0. I'm glad you trailered it. This is another reason why I would caution others to track your DD. **** happens, and you need to be prepared to right the car off. Fortunately for you, it happened at a turn with lots of runoff, but there are many others there where that could have been very bad. I remember my first race there, 10 years ago, I spun at the last turn before the straight, and spun probably 100 yards off drivers left and never hit anything, but did get stuck in the mud, in my racecar. 5 laps later, another car spun off and hit me (100yds off track). **** happens.

m4a1mustang · 02-22-2010, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by speedworks

Mike, that sucks. But, I do think the score is VIR = 2, 370z drivers = 0. I'm glad you trailered it. This is another reason why I would caution others to track your DD. **** happens, and you need to be prepared to right the car off. Fortunately for you, it happened at a turn with lots of runoff, but there are many others there where that could have been very bad. I remember my first race there, 10 years ago, I spun at the last turn before the straight, and spun probably 100 yards off drivers left and never hit anything, but did get stuck in the mud, in my racecar. 5 laps later, another car spun off and hit me (100yds off track). **** happens.

Well, don't run at 10/10ths and buy track day insurance if you are going to run your DD! That's what I plan on doing.

Mike · 02-22-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Well, don't run at 10/10ths and buy track day insurance if you are going to run your DD! That's what I plan on doing.

Yep, I never run 10/10 but i do accept the risk and self insure. Very few organizations meet the requiremnts for track insurance, def wasn't available for today's event with forged. Fortunately for me it's not my only dd and is pretty much my dedicated track car. I bought this because I didn't want something to happen to the C6 on track with as much as I have in it. Now I have to run my corvette at barber in 2 weeks since it's too late for a refund. Glad I didn't sell those track wheels.

On another note, I just heard that after I left, an R34 had a much worse experience than me.

Xan · 02-22-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

Yep, I never run 10/10 but i do accept the risk and self insure. Very few organizations meet the requiremnts for track insurance, def wasn't available for today's event with forged. Fortunately for me it's not my only dd and is pretty much my dedicated track car. I bought this because I didn't want something to happen to the C6 on track with as much as I have in it. Now I have to run my corvette at barber in 2 weeks since it's too late for a refund. Glad I didn't sell those track wheels.

On another note, I just heard that after I left, an R34 had a much worse experience than me.

Hope it wasn't from any oil you left behind..

Glad you're ok!

speedworks · 02-22-2010, 06:47 PM

Hey, now that it's not perfect anymore, time for full race car build?

Mike · 02-22-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by speedworks

Hey, now that it's not perfect anymore, time for full race car build?

Not quite enough for that, yet!!!

Comtemplating getting a full wrap instead of repaint though, especially if I can repair everything myself

Mike · 02-22-2010, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Xan

Hope it wasn't from any oil you left behind..

Glad you're ok!

It was. Oil let go, soaked the underside and rear tires right before I ht the brakes. Fronts caught, rears didn't, and it was over

Xan · 02-22-2010, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

It was. Oil let go, soaked the underside and rear tires right before I ht the brakes. Fronts caught, rears didn't, and it was over

I was talking about the R34, if they didn't clean your oil up and he crashed because of that.

speedworks · 02-22-2010, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Well, don't run at 10/10ths and buy track day insurance if you are going to run your DD! That's what I plan on doing.

Your missing it. Don't need to run 10/10ths. **** happens at 7/10ths too.

m4a1mustang · 02-22-2010, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedworks

Your missing it. Don't need to run 10/10ths. **** happens at 7/10ths too.

Not missing it. I meant not run at 10/10ths to prevent yourself from going in over your head and causing something.

Obviously you can't control the other variables, so that's where the insurance comes in!

Mike · 02-22-2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by speedworks

Your missing it. Don't need to run 10/10ths. **** happens at 7/10ths too.

That is so true. I was only on my 2nd lap after a short 15 min all hands lead-follow. I wasn't even going to start pushing it for one more lap.

spearfish25 · 02-22-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Well, don't run at 10/10ths and buy track day insurance if you are going to run your DD! That's what I plan on doing.

I looked into trackday insurance with one company. They quoted $1800/6mo and a $3000 deductible. Ha!

Mike · 02-22-2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

I looked into trackday insurance with one company. They quoted $1800/6mo and a $3000 deductible. Ha!

And I've been doing this for six years and this is my first Incident. 1800x2x6=21600.

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speedworks Track Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 550 Drives: PW purchased 01/09 Rep Power: 19	Mike, that sucks. But, I do think the score is VIR = 2, 370z drivers = 0. I'm glad you trailered it. This is another reason why I would caution others to track your DD. ** happens, and you need to be prepared to right the car off. Fortunately for you, it happened at a turn with lots of runoff, but there are many others there where that could have been very bad. I remember my first race there, 10 years ago, I spun at the last turn before the straight, and spun probably 100 yards off drivers left and never hit anything, but did get stuck in the mud, in my racecar. 5 laps later, another car spun off and hit me (100yds off track). ** happens.

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