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Old 05-13-2014, 12:04 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by CSG David View Post
Your foot on the gas and your steering angle on a portion of the track that has less grip caused the slide. Even if you attempt to catch it, your steering input is too slow. Glad you came out okay. Most cars would be on top of the fence with about 3 flips if you dug into the ground a certain way.
I agree, everything I did was too slow there. I tried to go straight after the car was spinning and I put both feet in three fourths of the way across the track. We get told all these things to do when something goes wrong, but it is hard to put it into practice fast enough the first time you encounter it. I'd never spun before this and I had only had one four wheel off event.

All that said I am a little proud that in all that mess I was just too late instead of not doing those things at all.

Also, I am very, very happy to have a dirty car and a crazy video instead of what very well could have been a trip to the hospital.
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