AutoX crash in the BRZ

[dori.]

looks like understeer to me

glad you made it out safe! I'm surprised the damage wasn't more severe.

[Rampage]

I am glad that you walked away OK from this. Sorry about the damage to the car. Thanks for having the courage to make this post. It is great to have videos like this posted on this site to show people what can and might happen at any moment. This is not just relevant to an autox or race track. This could happen on any public road with an embankment like that. It only takes one split second of indecision or one wrong driver input for everything to go wrong.

Wannabe boy racers and street drifters in particular should remember this.

[Silverdub]

this car doesnt like cold/wet conditions with sudden direction changes one after another... glad your ok buddy

[ft86Fan]

The important thing is you didn't get hurt.

[Pscylo]

Were nannies off? I am going to assume they were, and being a RWD on Wet while trying to AutoX...glad you walked away though.

I wondered about trying to start it, cause I saw you hit the button to turn the car off, then a little later hit it again, so I wondered if that was an attempt to see if it would crank upside down lol...not many chances to test inverted ignition!

[Moshpit37]

I'm about to start autocross racing for the very first time next month, and all I've got to say is I'm glad the place I'm going is just a big empty parking lot after seeing this. Glad you are ok, hurts to see the car mangled like that though.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by ft86Fan

The important thing is you didn't get hurt.

This. And that is a horrible venue for Autocross.

[n2oinferno]

Glad you're alright.

[markitect]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

This. And that is a horrible venue for Autocross.

That did not look like the 50ft of space that the SCCA suggests. I understand you need to work with where you are, but it looks to me like safety guidelines were flat out ignored.

OP, I'm glad you are OK, and I hope you will work with the event organizers to make sure the future courses are safer.

[CBR600RR]

Originally Posted by Silverdub

this car doesnt like cold/wet conditions with sudden direction changes one after another... glad your ok buddy

I don't think ANY car does

[sklimo]

Glad you are OK

[GTB/ZR-1]

Originally Posted by Guillaume

Glad you're ok and all the rest, but man, appalling steering wheel technique.
I would get some proper driving instruction before hitting the track again if I were you.

Other than hand-over-hand in the turn, there was no other criticism of his technique, imo. He used both hands, didn't let go of the wheel in the turnaround & actually fed the wheel back straight (a LOT of people let the wheel go), etc. Granted, he could he reacted quicker, but wheel technique had nothing to do with that.


OP. as stated, glad you're okay & I'm really sorry what should have been a routine spin is dodgy conditions, ended up very badly for you. And as Dave mentioned, that venue was no place to hold an AutoX, with the cones so close to embankments. I'm sure they'll rethink the decision to slalom so closely to that big berm...

[rmjjensen]

Wow, glad you're okay and THANKS for posting this! That crash seemed to have come out of no where. I think you're right when you say your initial steering input was counter steering the back end rather than turning.

Aren't all cars supposed to automatically shut them selves off when the car is upside down? I was under the impression that for safety reasons something in the fuel system is supposed to starve the engine of fuel which would in turn kill the car. The fact that the car stayed running is concerning.

[White64Goat]

Originally Posted by GTB/ZR-1

I'm sure they'll rethink the decision to slalom so closely to that big berm...

Let alone that big ass concrete wall at the beginning. And if you ever wondered 'Why do I need a helmet at an AutoX', now you know why.