1 Topic by towerymt (edited by towerymt 2017-08-18 04:56 PM)

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Topic: #17 spins and hits the inside wall near pit-in -- Thompson, CT

https://youtu.be/1YVq7ahSauY?t=28m24s

Looks like they just dropped 2 and lost it.  As it happened, I remember seeing the bumper cover peeled back and thought maybe there was contact, but I didn't get a good view in real time with the Audi right ahead of me.

This was Sunday, about 1.5hr into the day.

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Re: #17 spins and hits the inside wall near pit-in -- Thompson, CT

About 21:40

https://youtu.be/svOaTAvtcLQ

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Re: #17 spins and hits the inside wall near pit-in -- Thompson, CT

That is a scary part of the track for me.
Isn't that where the VW bug with the Honda Odyssey engine wiped out last year and hit the wall?

I remember last year coming around that turn and my left 2 tires going into the grass at high speed (it seems like a high speed turn), and just barely having the concentration to ride it out in the dirt till the car slowed (down with 2 feet in), regaining control and confidence, while letting other cars pass, and then just merging into the track....instead of trying to veer back onto the track....

Hope our Prelude was not getting in your way too much (in the beginning of the video)...I assume you guys were a Class A act...

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Re: #17 spins and hits the inside wall near pit-in -- Thompson, CT

I think the vw was at the NJMP.
I was right behind that car, #14 in the vw golf.
I radioed in the incident.

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