Every off road excursion or spin is a great learning experience...a teachable moment. :) That's the way I always see it, and I've gone off a couple times myself. Do this long enough and it will happen but hopefully fewer and further between.

One thing to keep in mind with wheel corrections to prevent spins, is that they have to be early, abrupt, and instantaneous which is usually the opposite of how most driving instructors teach their students how to drive. We ask everyone to be smooth, slow, and precise with the wheel, but when it comes to spin prevention there needs to be more aggression and immediacy in the wheel. Another thought to keep in mind, is the wheel needs to come back to straight before the car does, or else you will end up with a tank slapper, over-rotating, and a spin in the opposite direction.

I have some videos from Sebring with the GT3 that would be great to illustrate this, as Sebring is super bumpy, and the GT3's rear end moves around a lot. I will try to get them up shortly.

Bring an extra pair of underwear for each track day too, just in case.

In for videos, Sharif. Always enjoy the GT3 vids :woot:

GT3 Video from Sebring! And if you aren't quick enough with your hands, you loose a side mirror. :tiphat:

Notice how the hands catch the slides instantly, and are to center as quickly as humanly possible.

Can't get the movie to work. Is the link correct?

***Nevermind, iPhone glitch. Great video and nice save near the end!

Nice save :tup:

and Sharif's link is working fine with me.

6:36 did you hit a slippery spot or were the tires starting to get greasy?

It looks like the back end got loose under braking coming into the corner and unsettled the car.

Just a split second too much trail braking...that was the difference. This circuit is so long and grueling, coupled with the hot weather made it hard to keep my concentration 100%. It was pretty miserable out there.

Rear engined cars aren't exactly the easiest to trail brake on either.