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In the third video, the instructor knew what was coming and flipped his visor down to prevent a mouth full of dirt.

 

Second video, wasn't smooth on the rev-matching and had already started to turn in. Where was the girl's helmet??!!

 

First video, was too hot going into the turn... but tried to defy physics and muscle it through the turn.

My best guess: Driver #3, not bad. Driver #2 knew what he wanted to do, but technique was lacking, Driver #1 looked like a noob.

Does anyone have the Best Motoring link to when they had amateurs try to drive the Amuse S2k? I remember the guy who thought he knew how to drive almost spinning on every downshift-rev match.

 

umm they all spun their S2000....

 

Word. What a dumbass, I wouldn't let her get in.

Anyways the thing I noticed across all videos is that they upset the balance of the car by not staying on the throttle like they should. In all of them, it sounds like the revs are coming down freely as they're turning hard into a turn + perhaps not matching the revs well enough... Thoughts?

 

It didn't even look like the last guy tried to save it. Like he started to but he gave up it looked like. Maybe so he would keep spinning and wouldnt hit dirt sideways and flip?

 

I agree the second vid where is the dam girl's head gear. Also she was a champ for not screaming.

The second drive looked like he was shifting wierd not sure what he was trying to do. Shifts sucked, but he was lucky he didn't grip and head into the wall.

Third looked like he hit a lip in the edge of the track, the break off just seemed to sudden.

1st- just baked his turn. But we can see that this car likes to spin.

 

It seemed that the root cause of all of them was lifting abruptly in an emergency situation.

The 1st driver seemed way off line. Obviously a newer driver to the track scene

Weather condtions may have been a factor in the second one, as there were no leaves on the trees (early spring or late fall=cold temps.) and the track seemed damp. The guy did a great job of counter steering, but never got back on the gas. If he had I think he may have been able to save it. Neither the driver or the passenger had helmets, WTF

Third driver was the best out of the bunch, he was pushing the car pretty hard and using the entire track. The track surface seemed a bit uneven and bumpy, he apexed a bit early and may have even dropped a wheel.

 

That's scary. At the last PCA autocross, after the event, the club was having "fun runs" for a few bucks a pop, so a couple guys were inspecting the cars, I was collecting the money, and another guy was handling traffic control and the flagging. We had it covered, but then the guy handling the flagging suddenly handed me all the flags, said that he had to go "pi$$", and took off for the nearest pottie, which was probabaly 200 yards away. Well, I figured I could collect the money and handle the flagging at the same time, and it was all going wonderfully until four or five guys walked up and started asking me a bunch of unrelated questions. I ended up reaching in a car and taking the drivers money, holding him until the coure was clear, flagging him off, and then as he pulled away, noticing that the guy wasn't wearing a helmet. One of my jobs is to make sure things like that never happen, so ...

We got him blackflagged before he got to the second corner, but we stopped the fun runs until or flagman got back from the can.

It's amazing how even a little mistake can get out of hand so quickly and unexpectedly, and it shouldn't happen. I of all people should know better.