Road America Roll over short version

2009 Skip Barber Mazdaspeed Summer challenge Round 10-Road America
Here is just the roll over scene a few laps into the race. The rest of the race will be posted soon

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[LeeCarpentier]

the car reaches 118mph on that back straight

[LeeCarpentier]

and yes i had to pay for it. nevermind that broken sentence

[LeeCarpentier]

speedster, at the speed i was going i would have skimmed across the gravel like a boat on water. that would have led to a front end impact which in the end would have cost a lot more. im not saying i planned it that way it just worked out. and yes i had a

[fran812]

good to see you are OK, but did the gear just slip away from your hand or what?

[LeeCarpentier]

lol, no.  I lost my brakes.

[akaeon]

how common are miata rollovers? my best friend has a na miata and I just have a hard time believing they are that common. Are they more common to certain types of racing? He does mostly auto-x.

[LeeCarpentier]

@akaeon they are not common, the right side tires dug into the gravel and that popped the bead, compressed the springs and eventually inertia took over along with that built up spring energy

[brandonsexywhitaker]

Ouch! Wondered what hurt worse? The wreck or losing his baby.

[SmokeWeedEveryDay629]

That was AWESOME! Is he okay?

[cook4ian]

Quick thinking with the e-brake.

[bethahimes]

Sorry but turning the wheel in a gravel pit is ALWAYS a bad idea. There is more injury caused by doing that than by just taking the tire wall impact. Presuming that you build your cars safety first speed second that is. As a former driver and current rescue worker, I cannot tell you how good it was to see that you were okay.

[badopinion]

Good driving my friend. Hitting that wall with no brakes would've been a bad day.

[AntDX316]

lesson here is never to right angle turn in a sand pit : P

[jcnmnautox]

Looks like pad "knock back" probably from a previous corner cold rolled rumble strip. Any time you hit the big black rumbles, check your brakes. You may find the pedal goes to the floor. Pump the full length of the brake pedal travel a few times to snug your pads back up. Same concept as after changing brake pads when they're far from the rotor.

[Umbot786]

You should have stayed straight, a light car like that would slow down considerably with the gravel, especially as you shouldn't been doing no more than 60mph, if you were doing more than that for the corner you clearly weren't braking anywhere near enough

[Bamtheman0123]

Probably one of the worst corners on that track to have break failure, what speed do you do after that straight?