Bad Day at the Waterford Track - DE
Yesterday I decided to watch a Drivers Education day at the Waterford, MI track. I took my car out for the first time this year, been trying to save money but need to burn through the old gas.
Link to 100 photos:
http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x...0Track%202009/
Never too old, not so sure, you will see why.
Before:
After:
The car came around the final turn to the finish/start line and lost it. I've seen many Ferrari's spin out towards the infield at the same spot. I was on the roof of the building looking at the car through my binoculars when I noticed the left front wheel was not in the same direction as the rest of the car, then a puff of white as it lost adhesion. The rear swung out, I think he over corrected and tried to power out of it. He should have just locked up the wheels and let it spin. The car tacked a straight line about 15 degrees off and 125 feet to the wall. The left front impacted the wall right under the tower (two guys in the tower must have been freaking), the rear swung around and also impacted the wall. The car came apart, wheels and tires everywhere, a cloud of smoke and a flash of fire from the engine bay as it slid for almost 200 feet.
The driver suffered a broken ankle, we all felt really bad for him and perhaps worse for his car.
See ya all September 22nd.
http://rsp.pca.org/RSRDE.html