[Spridgets] Unintended deceleration

[Larry Daniels]

Between turns 2 and 3 at Brainerd, MN.  The throttle cable was routed over 
the top of vertical cylinders.

This was my second driver's school.  Nothing remarkable happened at my first 
driver's school at Blackhawk.  Evidently, the long period of WOT down the 
front straight and through turns one and two at Brainerd produced enough 
heat to melt the sheathing on the cable.  Coming into turn three, a tight 90 
degree right, at around 130 to 135 MPH and the brakes could barely overcome 
the stuck throttle.  Fortunately, the throttle wasn't completely stuck, but 
slowly returned.  Made it through the turn and back to our paddock where I 
had a chance to change my pants.  Had this happened during the race (my 
first) that came after the school when I was able to go deeper into the 
corner, I would have been toast.

I wasn't smart enough to take this as an omen and quit this foolishness.


LAD

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From: "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 4:17 PM
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>; "Jay Fishbein" <jfishbein at snet.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Unintended deceleration

--- On Sun, 1/3/10, Jay Fishbein <jfishbein at snet.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have stories they would like to share on their
> experiences with
> Unintended Deceleration?

Carousel, Road America, passing fellow Bugeye driver and friend Grant 
Gongoll on the outside, throttle snapped just as I passed him. I wagged the 
tail maybe 100 degrees at maybe 90 MPH, far enough for me to see him 
indicate with his middle finger that he was number 1.

Ron