Herbie on Steroids

[volkdent]

I did Infineon again Thur and Fri witht he Audi Club. I found out why turn 10 has such a reputation! I ended up doing about 5 360s at around 100 mph all the way down to turn 11! I was very lucky, didn't even stall the motor. Not a scratch.

Chip Herr(SPEED Touring Car Championship) was right behind me in a Stasis A3 and saw the whole thing. He said it was the most spectacular wipeout he'd ever seen! His crew guy said it was the most tire screeching he'd ever heard without a thud at the end.

I feel very fortunate to have escaped without a scratch on me or the car. I got a good look at the inside wall on the back of the drag strip announcer booth, and it wasn't pretty, could have been very bad. If you head out there in the next little while you can see the swizzle skids I made, I really can't believe I came out OK. Lessons learned.

So you might want want to rephrase "hit the track"! You will really enjoy them, they are fantastic tracks, but I realize now that 10/10ths isn't really where you want to be unless your car is really ready to put up with the results of a bad accident. I'm going to get some Hoosier race tires and then stay within the limits of them, working on my driving as well. After I get another daily driver, I'll put a roll cage in this one too.