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El Mirage => El Mirage General Chat => Topic started by: racefanwfo on June 23, 2014, 12:21:16 AM
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how did it go at the lakebed. anyone.
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GOOD! A couple wind delays, 1 crash delay, They got in 2 rounds, I finally broke 100mph after 5 years of trying, now I only need 19 more mph. :-o
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Congrats Lance!!! The next 19 will be the fun ones.
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GOOD! A couple wind delays, 1 crash delay, They got in 2 rounds, I finally broke 100mph after 5 years of trying, now I only need 19 more mph. :-o
Wow that's awesome Lance! Is there an appreciable difference in speed between you and Austin? Maybe putting a smaller/lighter rider on there might get you a mile an hour or two. :-D
What'd it take to finally crack the century mark? That's an astounding accomplishment considering that you'd been 'living in the 60s' for so long.
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What happened in the shutdown area, I saw that Dan made a mention of it?
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GOOD! A couple wind delays, 1 crash delay, They got in 2 rounds, I finally broke 100mph after 5 years of trying, now I only need 19 more mph. :-o
Wow that's awesome Lance! Is there an appreciable difference in speed between you and Austin? Maybe putting a smaller/lighter rider on there might get you a mile an hour or two. :-D
What'd it take to finally crack the century mark? That's an astounding accomplishment considering that you'd been 'living in the 60s' for so long.
Nathan, Austin is currently focusing on a career (cop) so he wont be running for a couple more years. I do have a "lighter" rider who did his rookie thing last weekend so that may help some. We finally fiqured out the engine now its all about gearing and we have alot of room to grow maybe to about 108, the records 118.6 :?
At about the 100 ft mark the power kicked in and the wheel came up :-o
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photo coutesy of Bryan Olinger
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I heard that someone tried to cross the course and hit a competitor. I don't have any more details though.
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I heard that someone tried to cross the course and hit a competitor. I don't have any more details though.
That's not correct!
A competitor coming off the course after his run ran into the back of the previous runner. Both drivers are doing well.
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:-o :-o :-o :cry:
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Does anybody know what the deal was for the white AMS Nissan GTR? Hot Rod blog said it ran 177mph. That seems low to me for a 600hp awd car, but then again I've never been to elmo.
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I heard that someone tried to cross the course and hit a competitor. I don't have any more details though.
That's not correct!
A competitor coming off the course after his run ran into the back of the previous runner. Both drivers are doing well.
That makes more sense then what I heard. Thanks.
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The Nissan is still in license upgrade mode.
Please refer to my article and the portion that asks all competitors to check the mechanical operation of their vehicles.
DW
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Please refer to my article and the portion that asks all competitors to check the mechanical operation of their vehicles.
Brakes in the Monza no workie?
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Brakes? We don't need no stinkin brakes.... :evil:
Good thing he found something to stop the car...better Chet's car than a spectator... :-o
Heal up Donny and Sorry for Chet. Poor car. :x
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For those of you that have never been to El Mirage, it's super wide and 5 miles long and you would think it's impossible to hit anything.
The rules made this accident possible.
The lake bed is 5 miles long, the racing area is shorter. The rest of the lake bed is open to the public.
Going past the end of the course or "out the back door" is very dangerous to the public and several racers have done that.
SCTA responded with severe penalties for doing that. It was the correct thing to do. Going straight is burned in as a no-no.
The far left side of the race course is the return road. Race vehicles have to be towed or trailered.
If you sit near the area of the accident to watch the races you see everybody slows down and make a 180 arc so the vehicle is pointing down the return road. There are always a couple of vehicles preparing to tow. Some make that turn pretty fast and braking hard while turning on slippery dirt is much harder than doing it in a straight line.
Once you start that arc everything in front of you is race vehicles, tow vehicles, and a little further a solid line of spectator cars.
This might be the first one, it won't be the last.
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I would like to hear an official response to the incident. I'm sure it will be discussed at the next drivers meeting but some may not be there. Was making the turn the "right" thing to do? I would assume that the large wedge at the end of the track is there as a buffer. Yes there will be hell to pay if you go into this area, but isn't this type of incident exactly why it is there? You can't stop in the normal area due to whatever reason so there is extra area that is coned off to keep people out in case a race vehicle needs it?
I understand that we try not to focus on "incidents" or give bad press however all I have seen is vague references so most don't understand what happened or how it could have or should have been handled differently. I make the turn like most and end up facing the start, should we remain going straight and just angle over to the return road?
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AFAIK the investigation is still on going which is why there hasn't been anything officially released. I personally think it's more an issue of potentially not being able to see vs running out of track and pitching the car to the side to keep from going out of bounds. The car only went 168 I think which isn't incredibly fast so it wasn't like he was running out of shut down area. AFAIK the 'chute didn't fully deploy although it was pulled by the driver (again, only AFAIK, could be wrong). The rules are absolutely not forcing anyone to force their car into a position where they no longer have control and are putting people in danger. Those that do that are doing so completely by their choice. The smarter and possibly safer thing to do is to go out the back and hopefully get stopped within the buffer zone.
As far as the turn out goes, nothing says that you have to make a 180 deg turn. All they care is that you clear the course in a fairly efficient manner.
I will say that after not driving at El Mirage for some years and now driving a car that has those ISP-style lateral head pads in the cage, it's a helluva lot harder to see over to the return road as I'm coming off the course. I had to squish myself down to see under the pads to make sure I wasn't going to run into anyone as I turned out.
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If you can "sguish" yourself down, someone didn't pull your harnesses tight :evil: :-D
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The squish I have is what little bit of movement I have in my neck. My belts are always very tight.