Steve C's right http://www.nanoflux.com/SeattleDTM/GTDay

Here's some more of another yellow car (borrowed the link from the ccomp forum). http://mrtwo.iwarp.com/SIR09192001/h...R09192001a.htm


[Modified by zygspeed, 4:33 PM 9/20/2001]

 

DAMN, that SUX!!!!!!!!!!

 

HOLY ****! That just runined my day..

 

[Edit... wrong car]


"When I first got there, a yellow Lotus had already paid the pavement. More followed with a black Civic side-swiping the wall. Jerry Yea's yellow Type-R with the carbon-fiber hood was the final tragedy. His car rolled up against the hill and completely flipped him upside-down. Luckily he was not hurt and the car is more or less still in one piece."


Will
:sniff:


[Modified by Willard, 6:42 PM 9/20/2001]


[Modified by Willard, 6:52 PM 9/20/2001]

 

Nice pics Steve. Yep, corner 5a/b at SIR needs to be respected big time. I didn't know what the fuss was all about until I did a track walk one day, and totally realized what everyone is talking about. The way you go up and take that fast left turn, the whole dynamics of the car are changing. Your best bet there is to never miss your braking point and take care of your downshift before you apex 5a. This appears to be a classic case of approaching the turn too fast, and then lifting, and that's the end result. BTW, despite that, 5a/b is my favorite corner at SIR.

 

bling blam bloom

Will

 

damn..and with Spoon calipers eh?

 

Must have been 2 ITR's there with JDM front ends... The damaged one has factory calipers.

A032R's were the tire.
http://www.nanoflux.com/SeattleDTM/G...s/DSC02038.JPG

Will
:sniff:

[fixer-upper]


[Modified by Willard, 6:54 PM 9/20/2001]

 

oh, that pic looked as if it had *blue* calipers so i was thinking spoon since it had the Spoon banner and side stickers
but now i see the pic is gone...so....ok...stock calipers it is!


[Modified by RATEDR, 3:56 PM 9/20/2001]

 

This is the damaged car.

BEFORE



Zeal vented hood?

Will

 

For sale:
'00 ITR, JDM front end, lowering springs, CF hood, never raced, adult owned.
Light roll, EZ fix, best offer over $20k.
Will not part out.


solly **** happens

 

This was a really bad idea all around. Here is why:

No Instructors
Timed laps
Money was awarded to the fastest drivers
People with little or no track experience in a competition environment


Most of the "respected" marque and automobile clubs in the area were wary of this event, looks like their fears were not unfounded. In addition to these wrecks, a Civic even went off track under a yellow flag.

SIR is not a track to **** with, it will bite you back as we've seen. The truly sad part is that in a competitive and timed event most insurance companies won't pay out which means that Elise owner is making payments on a pile of plastic and metal.


More thoughts in the Competition forum https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=70432


[Modified by Black96Cobra, 4:07 PM 9/20/2001]

 

The 3 problems listed above are reason enough for me to stay far away.... The people with little or no experience should have an instructor PERIOD!

Sad... another ITR lost. Soon there will be none.

Will
-who likes to drive at 8/10ths

 

Man that must suck!

btw, PBR closed it's doors forever yesterday. Long live the ribbon.

apex- who is thinking twice about tracking the R w/o an instructor...

 

Wow the track seems to be lined with trees and banks, the safety nuts here in NZ would never allow that I like it though, looks kinda like the Nurburgring (sp?)

Sam

 

Ouch! is an understatment

 

Im with Willard, I got invited several times to this event, but passed due to format.
Someone gave up this link to more pics of the event, crashed R included.
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=29817771203&n=1602021728
Also see http://forums.clubsi.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/002863.html for a couple more.

Demian

 

looks like he had zeal suspension on it (sticker on the hood)
he must have been really pushing it or he did not set his suspension right

 

Hope I don't have a bad dream tonight.

 

incidentally i need that plastic clip(s)....

 

So thats what that plastic clip looks like.

Hope the driver and passengers were ok.

 

 

damn, that sux