It was going up through the high speed offsets that transitioned into the
right hand almost 180 on the South Course(bad course description). Anyway,
he seemed to lose it, the car slid, caught, went back the other way and then
went up. It happened so fast that I can't remember if went back and forth
more than once before standing up or not, but that is the basic premise of
what happened.
His speed was certainly no more than 50.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: John Lieberman <johnlee@softdisk.com>
To: Larry Steckel <lorenzoscribe@hotmail.com>
Cc: <nottingham@alltel.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: Saturns on two wheels!
> Overall speed is not always a factor in upsetting a car, Larry.
> Usually, it happens because of the amount of speed carried through a
> transition or what the car was doing prior to that transition -
> coupled with suspension and tires - not to mention the "pucker power"
> of the driver. It's entirely possible to roll a car at 30 mph or
> less!!
>
> One thing IS for certain. That Saturn DID go up on two wheels at
> Nationals and hundreds of people saw it happen. And it got a serious
> OUCH when it came slamming back down! 8<{)
>
> John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
>
>
> Larry Steckel wrote:
> >
> > OK. Assuming that this is legit. How does one get a Saturn going fast
enough
> > to get it up on two wheels like that?
> >
> > Larry Steckel
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