Thunderhill race and crash

A race @ Thunderhill with an unfortunate ending.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• race
• porsche
• track
• 911

[cobrafan427]

wow lay off the guy, common mistake, he locked 'em up and end result was he couldn't turn. He just got caught up in the heat of battle and went in too hot tryin to outbrake the other guy. Happens to the best of them

[standaway1]

You guys sound like you've all read alot of books, have you raced at all? I think he had the wrong line, tried to brake too late than locked the brakes so this is why he could not turn and crashed.

[pencilneck22]

@Hirotoro4692: I some how think that you won't believe me so I'll quote Trackpedia: "Understeer, also known as a "front wheel skid", a "slide", or simply "Push", is the physical tendency of a car to be reluctant to turn into a corner, because the inertia is still pushing it forward (while the tires point sideways into the corner)." Also, "No steer at all" as you are turning is understeer - a HUGE amount of it no doubt but it still is. Locked steering or not, it is still push.

[Hirotoro4692]

@herFleischer ancient video/ comment but im gunna say his exit speed was a lot, lot slower than the other guy, but he has the advantage of drafting.

[Hirotoro4692]

@pencilneck22 sorry for replying to a 2 year old comment but it's not 'going too fast into the turn' that caused understeer. there was no steer at all. A lot of racing cars come without anti-locking brakes. Braking around a corner, or into it, comes with risks of locking the steering up. That is what happened.

[Vanderkitten]

Great vid of classic car club racing follies! Thanks for the vid!

[c5x2c]

Weak driving skills by all involved. Breaking in the corners? That's a real rookie move. Come on people!!! Shame to crunch some fine German engineering with such obvious lameocity. Perhaps I'm a bit harsh and for that I apologize.

[yeedoh]

i think he might have made the turn if he hadnt braked at all. hard to tell though

[milano61]

I have driven Thunderhill and I am familiar with this turn. In my prepared Miata I enter track right, clip the rumble strips on the left, then track out on the right over run area. He was way too hot into the corner on a very bad line. Never should have attempted this pass here.

[hardbodiii]

bad line, bad bad line.. geez.. so many analysts here..