View Single Post
Old 05-13-2014, 04:11 AM   #19
fatoni
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430
Location: socal
Posts: 4,416
Thanks: 599
Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts
Mentioned: 28 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by CSG Mike View Post
You got very, very lucky, not hitting that wall.

Do you have a datalog I can look at? Or, a full res video of the in-car?

It doesn't look like the car got loose to me; it looks like you just dropped 2 and hooked across.
this is exactly what it looks like to me.

this is what billy johnson (read fast. like 1:37s fast) had to say about this exact thing: "The most common error for this corner is apexing it and the prior corners too early. Like Turn 13/Lost Hill, many cars go off here with a bad result, hook-spinning and crashing into the inside wall on the left, sometimes even writing off the entire car. This can be avoided by executing the line well and slowly building up the speed without compromising the line. If you find yourself in a situation where you are going to drop tires off on the exit of Turn 20, or any corner for that matter, ride it out. Keep the steering wheel straight since it is perfectly fine to drive with two tires in the dirt and slowly bring the car back onto the track once the car is back under control. Panicing when you drop tires and trying to immediately jerk it back on to the track is a major reason cars hook-spin to the opposite side of the track, and this can be easily avoided by staying calm and riding it out. "
fatoni is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to fatoni For This Useful Post:
orthojoe (05-13-2014), racecaresuaceb (05-22-2014), renfield90 (05-13-2014)