Most common track day accidents? Have you had any?

[ZionsWrath]

Damn i thought you had to run 9s to need a parachute

[The Racers Line]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Ouch. Which corner?

Turn 3

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by The Racers Line

Turn 3

I went off their once! Came in too fast. Started to lose it on the back. Just drove off and then back on. I'm sure I was slower than you.

[jjaisli]

Originally Posted by GT86Dan

I've been tracking my daily driver for about 3 years now. (No Space for a second) Knock on wood I've never had an incident. Just remember that it IS NOT A RACE. There has been plenty of times where me an another car "go at it" but always with the respect of not doing anything that could put each other at risk, always leaving space, always using a point by, and knowing where the limit is.

Always drive within your means, use your mirrors, and leave the ego at home.Everyone is there for the same reason. All Are gear heads !!!

Well that post brings back memories of NJMP...




That said, for a period last year, at Lime Rock, Mont Tremblant and NJMP, all three in a row, I had somebody in a twin, either paddocked next to me or a car over that wrecked in every event. Two of them were relatively experienced drivers with at least 20+ events and one of them was an instructor with 15+ years of experience. One went off coming out of big bend (Lime Rock) and hit the inside wall, (not totaled but not drive-able) one went off at MT, in the turn 1-2-3 complex, spun, hit the wall, again, not totaled but, well, not drive-able but he drove it anyway, and one at NJMP Thunderbolt, went in too hot at at T4, understeered, put a tire on the grass and hit the inside tire barrier, not totaled but also not drive-able.

It happens.

[avishenoy1]

I went through the tire wall on the right side of turn 2 at Palmer yesterday. Thankfully I was okay and the only real damage was to the front bumper and my ego.

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by avishenoy1

I went through the tire wall on the right side of turn 2 at Palmer yesterday. Thankfully I was okay and the only real damage was to the front bumper and my ego.

Haha glad to see you had a good sense of humor about it

[DocWalt]

I just recently swapped cars with my buddy with a GTA2 stock car for a session. Having never even been 2 wheels off I made a noob mistake of braking at the last possible second in a car I was relatively unfamiliar with going a metric crap ton faster than the BRZ... Flubbed the downshift and toured the grass, but thankfully that was it. Other corners on the track and I could have easily stuffed it in a tire wall.

The only damage came when the track guys pulled me out of the grass and accidentally ripped the tow hook out of the front bumper tube. Which wouldn't have happened if the starter hadn't heatsoaked, lol.

[iag48st]

Originally Posted by The Racers Line

Had a very bad accident myself. Driving too hard on a rainy day at Laguna Seca. Lost the car in a very simple slide, but stayed on the throttle too long. Car caught traction after a tank slapper and sent the car head on into the wall around 40-45mph. Hit hard enough that my foot slipped off the clutch pedal and my ankle actually bent the entire pedal assembly and damn near folded my foot in half. Engine was torn off its mounts, trans mount sheared, center support bearing exploded, diff pushed out of the subframe. Happy to still be here.

Insurance covered the car completely. Told them exactly what happened, and where, and they still covered the car(I understand this to be a situational instance i.e no one else involved, no property damage, no reported injuries). They ended up not using my GAP insurance either, and I ended up $150 ahead. I don't think it could have gone better, except not crashing altogether. Currently driving a salvaged title(due to hydrolocked engine, now has 2015 engine with 7k) FRS that was picked up for cash, and I purchase track insurance on rainy days. Know your limits, and stick to them. I track 1-2 times month on average but still don't consider myself an experienced enough driver to drive 10/10th's.

Was it track day insurance or your regular auto insurance?
Im about to do my first track day at NJMP and contemplating trackday insurance. I think its around $160 for an agreed value of $20k which is not bad at all. My other more expensive option would be to add a roll bar to my daily drive (nb miata) and not add track day insurance.