[Fot] Two feet in. Re: A-Type Overdrive Testing

[Bob Kramer]

Wasn't there fence ripping accident on the back straight at RA? I think
that that was the Katherine Legge.

Bob Kramer


On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 1:13 PM Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Mike...
>
> Great point.  Many years ago when I first started Vintage Racing, the
> tracks were 'forgiving'.  If you made a mistake, you spun off mowing the
> lawn or creating a dust cloud.  The only penalty was embarrassment.  I'll
> never forget then one first spring event I showed up for at Road America
> and it was like I was in a street race, surrounded by Century Link Fencing.
>
> I was told that as far as Road America was concerned CART had demanded
> it.  CART was afraid one of their cars would leap the cement barriers/snow
> fencing and crash into the crowd.
>
> No question that was a potential issue.  The change was a good idea...but
> drivers like me (prone to make errors) missed those 'forgiving' tracks.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>
> Cc: FoTTriumph <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, Dec 25, 2019 10:42 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Two feet in. Re: A-Type Overdrive Testing
>
> You guys have a lot of nothing down there, sure makes it easier to avoid
> stuff. At Watkins Glen, with the guardrails about one car width off the
> track, it's more like
> " If you spin, they're towing you in"
>
> mike h
>
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 12:13 PM Greg Blake via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> One of my experiences watching what happens when you don’t go two in.
>
> https://youtu.be/T7vsqHKaR7c
>
> The MGB behind me was not so fortunate
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 25, 2019, at 8:06 AM, Bob Kramer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Two feet in has its advantages
>
> https://youtu.be/p27lXSehRY0
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 24, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Bill Tobin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Another variation on the saying: If you're going around it's both feet
> down.
> Merry Christmas.
> Bill
> On 12/24/2019 7:00 PM, Greg Blake via Fot wrote:
>
> Whenever you start to spin it’s two feet in. I’ve been in a few situations
> where other drivers have tried to save a spin by not following this advice
> and they always come rolling across the track backwards following an
> unpredictable path usually collecting a few unsuspecting racers along the
> way.  Always go two feet in.
>
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