[TPR] Oh! that hurts.

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

glad that you and the car faired  so well.  sounds like min damage that
could have been much worse.

can we surmise the cause?

you drove in nose first, was that by choice?

understeer or "push" involved?

did your brakes do all that they could?

sand on the track?

cold tires?  wrong pressures?

what size sway bars front and rear?

ride height front and rear?

have you done your corner weights ( with the car wet and your weight in the
drivers seat?

what ties at what if any tread depth?

every boo-boo is an opportunity to learn, some lessons ( like broken rockers
sometimes) just cost more than others.

I was reading about Senna again today, gone too soon, killed by suspension
parts directly, but all caused by a broken steering column.  Every little
part counts, they're all ultimately connected to each other.

Michael Shortt
 On May 28, 2011 8:48 PM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
> Autocross today at Spokane County Raceway, not the usual course at Deer
> Park airport. They've just finished re-routing the road course and our
> local autocross club managed to get a big chunk of it today for us to
> try out our driver skills. This makes for a faster course as all the
> autocross elements are laid out in-line with the road coarse.
>
> This can also be deceptive, challenging and dangerous if you're not
> paying attention. Such unlucky fortune found it my way today.
>
> First run of the day, cold track, cold tires. Didn't take it easy
> enough. Ran OFF track and nosed my Pantera into a ditch when I failed
> to negotiate a slalom. The previously dented front valance now is
> dented severely to include new creases. Well, I -was- going to replace
> that anyway. And as further luck would have it, as I inspected and
> hammered it out just a tad, I found where that funny warm coolant odor
> was coming from. <sigh> Looks like the Fluidyne radiator is weeping
> just a tad on the drivers side from some tube (I haven't found exactly
> where yet). Not enough to leave drops on the garage floor yet, but
> we'll need to get that fixed.
>
> Second and third runs went much better and by the end of the day we were
> spanking the course pretty darn hard.
>
> Sooo....
>
> - Glad I've not started a restoration project yet
> - She's still pulling hard and driving fine (though the driver needs a
> bit more experience)
> - Having fun despite the tiny setbacks.
>
> :)
> Asa Jay
>
> --
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> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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