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Old 06-16-2012, 11:42 PM   #208
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I entered the turn at about 20mph, and halfway through it I got on the gas and I honestly can't remember exactly what happened after that. I remember being extremely surprised and then all of a sudden I was careening for a telephone pole, and then bam.
Do you remember anything more of what happened? Did it "fishtail" back and forth, or did it just get sideways in one long drift and slide off the road? How sideways did it get?

Or did it actually just understeer (plow) off the road from too much speed?

Was there any warning? Was it already a little sideways and seemed fine at first, but then slid out too far?

Or was it "snap oversteer" where everything was balanced one second, then suddenly in a spin with no warning?
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