Video: How to make autocross dangerous

Redhawkjrt · 11-25-2011, 10:48 AM

Looks like he's just loping along, then suddenly decides to be fast.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/23/c...ing-autocross/

***TitaniumTT*** · 11-25-2011, 11:12 AM

Bad parking lot to have a setup like that...... although the local club here in CT has made a few questionable decisions in their courses, we've only had one such incident when a a phord rustang GT... think mid 90s, was going though a left hand sweeper, back end started sliding, tried to power on, when that didn't work she slammed the brakes and ended up spinning into one of those 5' tall round concrete lamp post bases...

85rx-7gsl-se · 11-25-2011, 12:03 PM

Dang.

djmtsu · 11-25-2011, 04:35 PM

While we're on the subject of Corvettes behaving badly....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=kzlg3oQMze4

***TitaniumTT*** · 11-25-2011, 05:36 PM

Wow.......

josh18_2k · 11-26-2011, 12:23 AM

we have 1-2 wrecks per year here. you cant always blame the club/venue, sometimes people are just stupid. i still cant figure out what the hell that guy was doing. hit the wrong pedal maybe?

in recent memory we've had:

240sx: throttle stuck to floor, driver stomped brakes. two black striupes for 50ft, then up over a giant boulder. trashed the car, rolled boulder 15ft.

996: guest driver, pushed the gas instead of brakes somehow in the finish box and drove into grid, totalling several cars. mostly vettes and porsches.

fox body convertable: lost tail in slalom, and proceeded to powerslide 50+ feet into a barrier. that was nowhere near the slalom. i wanted to spray him with the fire extinguisher for being a dumbass lol

MaczPayne · 11-26-2011, 03:27 AM

I have done an event in that particular parking lot before, 2 years ago. The track boundaries however were placed well away from the curbs unlike the track in this video. I don't believe this event was an SCCA sanctioned practice/race.

speedjunkie · 11-26-2011, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djmtsu

While we're on the subject of Corvettes behaving badly....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=kzlg3oQMze4

Awesome!!! lol

Raksj04 · 11-26-2011, 02:42 PM

I like how polite the track guys where. "Sir are you ok" "please turn off the car sir."

When I was still wisconsin the club that run the events I went to only had one real close call. A Saturn got on two wheels and almost rolled over. pic below. That was the worst I heard about.

Monkman33 · 11-26-2011, 08:32 PM

Brian, I can sum up your story with one word snipped from the middle.

"she"

88turboii · 11-26-2011, 10:54 PM

i saw a yaris with rcomps get up one one wheel once, but that was the worst ive seen

jkstill · 12-29-2011, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josh18_2k

in recent memory we've had:

Don't forget the A-mod that went through a fence. The throttle stuck. I can't recall if the kill switch didn't work, or the driver couldn't reach it, or what. It stopped at the guardrail across the street from the fence.

11-25-2011, 10:48 AM	#1
Redhawkjrt Brake, Turn, Go! Repeat. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Springfield, Il. iTrader: (0) Posts: 112 Rep Power: 5	Video: How to make autocross dangerous Looks like he's just loping along, then suddenly decides to be fast. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/23/c...ing-autocross/ __________________ Redhawk

11-25-2011, 04:35 PM	#4
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN iTrader: (10) Posts: 3,243 Rep Power: 9	While we're on the subject of Corvettes behaving badly.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=kzlg3oQMze4 __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1998 Toyota Camry LE 2012 Toyota Camry SE V6

11-26-2011, 12:23 AM	#6
josh18_2k Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gresham, OR iTrader: (0) Posts: 472 Rep Power: 6	we have 1-2 wrecks per year here. you cant always blame the club/venue, sometimes people are just stupid. i still cant figure out what the hell that guy was doing. hit the wrong pedal maybe? in recent memory we've had: 240sx: throttle stuck to floor, driver stomped brakes. two black striupes for 50ft, then up over a giant boulder. trashed the car, rolled boulder 15ft. 996: guest driver, pushed the gas instead of brakes somehow in the finish box and drove into grid, totalling several cars. mostly vettes and porsches. fox body convertable: lost tail in slalom, and proceeded to powerslide 50+ feet into a barrier. that was nowhere near the slalom. i wanted to spray him with the fire extinguisher for being a dumbass lol __________________

11-26-2011, 03:27 AM	#7
MaczPayne Bah! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Riverside, SoCal iTrader: (1) Posts: 442 Rep Power: 6	I have done an event in that particular parking lot before, 2 years ago. The track boundaries however were placed well away from the curbs unlike the track in this video. I don't believe this event was an SCCA sanctioned practice/race. __________________ Johnson 87 TII - SSM #444 - You play with hookers, you gonna get clap... RIP 1/16/10 89 GXL/TII - Microtech, Stance, Mandeville BBK, Kakimoto TBE, and more stuff. 89 Jeep Comanche - Rock, and more rocks

11-26-2011, 10:54 PM	#11
88turboii destroy, rebuild, repeat Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charleston, SC iTrader: (0) Posts: 338 Rep Power: 6	i saw a yaris with rcomps get up one one wheel once, but that was the worst ive seen __________________ 1993 RX-7 Torque monster.. 9.4 rotors, v-trim/stage III single turbo, custom manifold, v-mount, haltech ps1k

11-26-2011, 02:42 PM	#9
Raksj04 I have Ultra power in me. Join Date: Sep 2011 iTrader: (2) Posts: 435 Rep Power: 2	I like how polite the track guys where. "Sir are you ok" "please turn off the car sir." When I was still wisconsin the club that run the events I went to only had one real close call. A Saturn got on two wheels and almost rolled over. pic below. That was the worst I heard about.

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