Virginia International Raceway Crashes

Sharif@Forged · 12-12-2009, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBRich

"Don't hit the wall, don't hit the wall . . . "

Classic.

That was really aweful to watch.

The uphill essesses have collected a lot of cars. As mentioned, the high powered cars are turning in at 140mph, and running up through the esses at 120mph+. Steering inputs need to be gentle but committed and if you get behind you are screwed because the track will run out really quickly. It's a majorly ballsy section of track. But if you nail it right, there is a ton of time to be picked up. I would say that the majority of crashes happen in the two sections in the video.

Most in car video is really bad at capturing speed, but these cars were likely all doing well over 100mph when they lost it.

Now stop digging up these vids, as you are starting to freak me out....

Statistically, on any given day, there is about a 2-5% chance of wrecking your car on track, so the odds are in your favor.

spearfish25 · 12-12-2009, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharif@Forged

Now stop digging up these vids, as you are starting to freak me out....

Statistically, on any given day, there is about a 2-5% chance of wrecking your car on track, so the odds are in your favor.

It's sobering how quickly you can completely lose control. I was crapping myself the night before my last track day after watching some of these. The more alarming vids are the guys who really fight the spinout, go off the track sideways, and roll.

I'll start another thread with my latest youtube fetish...racecars hitting animals on track

speedworks · 12-12-2009, 10:31 PM

^^^ Another scary turn. Many of my friends have stuffed their cars into the wall on drivers left. At LR, this uphill turn, and the downhill, are the 2 turns that scare the **** out of me, and when you get loose, the lickelyhood of damage is high. He probably tried to compensate on this turn, hoping not to hit the guardrail on the left, and paid the price unfortunately by hitting some rough terrain on the right.

This all supports my previous thoughts about running a race car vs dd on track events. You have to be willing to write the car off....

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speedworks Track Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 550 Drives: PW purchased 01/09 Rep Power: 19	^^^ Another scary turn. Many of my friends have stuffed their cars into the wall on drivers left. At LR, this uphill turn, and the downhill, are the 2 turns that scare the **** out of me, and when you get loose, the lickelyhood of damage is high. He probably tried to compensate on this turn, hoping not to hit the guardrail on the left, and paid the price unfortunately by hitting some rough terrain on the right. This all supports my previous thoughts about running a race car vs dd on track events. You have to be willing to write the car off....