Ian Costa - Skip Barber National 2009 Round 5 - New Jersey Motorsports Park Crash

[HollywoodSheen]

incredible how these guys can get a start right but indycar can't.

[gillard36]

are they sequential or are they manual with a clutch? and do you need the hans device for it

[CenasChainGang619]

@gillard36 Sequential.

[kimifan06]

@gillard36 sequential; lift for upshift, but clutch for downshift

you don't need hans, but you should use it

[lucky9star123]

what type of racing car is this?

[ManwithanF1]

Hey Ian, it's Darrick.

Very nice video! While hindsight is 20-20, I still thought I could give some constructive criticism.

First, I don't know why you were driving down the right side of the front-straight but if you stayed on-line to the left and then went wide you might have made it through. Also, the move you made into Turn 1 was kind of a dive bomb :), really begging for a bad situation.

Good luck!

[iancosta]

Hey Darrick,

The reason why I was sticking to the right side of the front straight was because in the National series the cars have a modified rear wing to promote a draft, which is crucial to learn how to use. Naturally I was trying to follow in the aerodynamic wake of the fastest car so I could make up some ground.

I began to drift back to the left of the track and was braking at the usual braking point for T1, Dorrbecker was just slow and turned in to avoid the accident and hit me.

[ManwithanF1]

Hmm. That makes more sense then. Just looking at the video it was a bit unclear who was slow and who was quick through T1

[horses020]

Those dont look like regular tires nice a grippy eh?

[iancosta]

yeah the National uses the BFGoodrich R1 race tire...it's a great tire that has a long life and decent amount of grip to get us through a 2 race weekend

[cmdmd]

On the Skip Barber Nationals there are a ton of overagressive drivers that have too much confidence and too little skill

[connordephillippi]

some but not all.

[cmdmd]

hence the "a ton", not "all".

[kartracer876]

good job avoiding the crash, just bad luck buts that's racing 4 ya ... and nice arai. i love the colors & design.

[ra64t]

tough luck. I actually saw all this happen from the top of the bleachers. I can see myself there at the end of the vid. I was walking next to you heading back to the paddock.

[ahrllc]

fuck dude! total bad luck!

[openwheel6]

Tough brake man. Sorry to hear you aren't running the rest of the season.