[Z06] C6 Z06 Crashes @ TX2K11
03-20-2011, 02:08 PM
#41
When no one gets hurt....it's all good.
I was on an L-1011 that taxied off the runway into mud.......people who are really good at things still make little mistakes.....then it is all about being embarrassed.
Here is the real answer to this.......
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Teddy Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
I was on an L-1011 that taxied off the runway into mud.......people who are really good at things still make little mistakes.....then it is all about being embarrassed.
Here is the real answer to this.......
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Teddy Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
03-20-2011, 02:11 PM
#42
Race Director
Here is the real answer to this.......
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Teddy Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Teddy Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
Nice words, but he was just trying to do a burnout, not save a country.
03-20-2011, 02:16 PM
#43
But you are right...it was just a burnout.
03-20-2011, 02:49 PM
#46
Safety Car
I only suffered minor carnage yesterday, a burnt up factory clutch. I guess it can't handle 620 rwhp and 600 ft-lbs. LOL
Tony
03-20-2011, 03:26 PM
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03-20-2011, 06:37 PM
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Burning Brakes
Ironic his forum name fits the bill...
03-20-2011, 06:49 PM
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The point of the water box is to drive through it, not do your burnout there. If you're not getting your tires wet enough you need to either blip the throttle as you're passing through it or have them spray it a bit more. As soon as you start doing burnouts in the water box you end up splashing water all around (and in some cases dragging it right up to the staging lights) which can make it dangerous for everybody in that lane.
03-20-2011, 09:00 PM
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03-20-2011, 09:04 PM
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Sorry, but that's bad advice and doing so could potentially cause more damage than what happened on the video both to you and other drivers.
The point of the water box is to drive through it, not do your burnout there. If you're not getting your tires wet enough you need to either blip the throttle as you're passing through it or have them spray it a bit more. As soon as you start doing burnouts in the water box you end up splashing water all around (and in some cases dragging it right up to the staging lights) which can make it dangerous for everybody in that lane.
The point of the water box is to drive through it, not do your burnout there. If you're not getting your tires wet enough you need to either blip the throttle as you're passing through it or have them spray it a bit more. As soon as you start doing burnouts in the water box you end up splashing water all around (and in some cases dragging it right up to the staging lights) which can make it dangerous for everybody in that lane.
03-20-2011, 10:37 PM
#57
Team Owner
When you open a thread like this you expect to see a crash halfway down the track, not before the car even stages.
I feel sorry for him. This is part of the reason I don't drag race anymore. I really don't want to pay for the damage out of my own pocket if something does go wrong - and it could be the other driver.
I feel sorry for him. This is part of the reason I don't drag race anymore. I really don't want to pay for the damage out of my own pocket if something does go wrong - and it could be the other driver.
03-20-2011, 11:28 PM
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When you open a thread like this you expect to see a crash halfway down the track, not before the car even stages.
I feel sorry for him. This is part of the reason I don't drag race anymore. I really don't want to pay for the damage out of my own pocket if something does go wrong - and it could be the other driver.
I feel sorry for him. This is part of the reason I don't drag race anymore. I really don't want to pay for the damage out of my own pocket if something does go wrong - and it could be the other driver.
03-21-2011, 08:25 AM
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03-21-2011, 09:00 AM
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I'm glad the guardrail was there, because that was me in the right line, in my Z06. I heard a KABOOOOOM! and thought the guy had blown his engine doing a burnout. I was about to pre-stage when the accident happened, I didn't see it happen but I heard it loudly and saw the track crew guys jump. It was a terrible mess to look at, parts of the car were scattered all over my lane too.
I only suffered minor carnage yesterday, a burnt up factory clutch. I guess it can't handle 620 rwhp and 600 ft-lbs. LOL
Tony
I only suffered minor carnage yesterday, a burnt up factory clutch. I guess it can't handle 620 rwhp and 600 ft-lbs. LOL
Tony
Seriously, your clutch is toast! About 5-8 seconds after your last 2 passes the cloud of clutch smoke caught us.
Nice 10.8 run, car was haulin the mail before it let out. May want to give RPS a call now. I was in your shoes last summer, couldnt be happier now. Hopefully you got your car out of Frankensteins unscathed, that turned into a sloppy mess. People were draggin beer bottles across fenders, putting their kids on the lambos to take pics, just careless and thoughtless. I wasn't the least bit upset I didn't tow my Katechz down at that point. It was a great weekend all in all. I will load up some pics we took soon.