Lamborghini crash at the Texas mile

kenchan

wow, do those cars have VDC?

HKYStormFront

agree^^ the car was made to go up to around 200mph from the factory, putting a ton of extra power in it might mean that it's theoretically possible to go that fast but just because someone can do a thing, doesn't mean that they should lol

i'm sure it has some kind of traction control system but i don't know if it was still functional after the TT conversion (i would assume so unless they were no longer using the stock ECU). even if it had a TCS of some kind, i can't imagine that it would be able to counter the fact that the parachute ended up getting tangled underneath the car and correct for the rapid changes of direction at 230+ mph or whatever it was.

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ChrisSlicks

Traction control would have been disabled for maximum acceleration, I'm presuming they kept it AWD.

The comments from a bystander indicate that the parachute never got tangled, and that the car was fine until the driver got on the brakes 1/4 mile after parachute deployment.

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