Any Good videos of WGI Long course ?

[Abhi]

Hi All

I am going to the July Sprints and need to learn WGI Long Course. Can anyone point me to in car video that I can look at ?

I took the school there last year but that was on the short course.

BTW, only 4 ITA entries so far ? Where is everyone else ?
Dan...I am so happy to see that you have a car and are entered.

Abhi

[Knestis]

Funny - I was thinking this same thing last night. I'm going the Double in mid-September but I don't even know what layout will be used.

K

[Greg Amy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gRiNHym1_k

This one doesn't end well, but there's lots in advance...

I'm not gonna post the "infamous" one from inside the NX in 2006... ;) You can find it easily if you want.

On edit: I'll have fresh higher-quality ones after this coming weekend's National.

[mossaidis]

Abhi - starts great, I end halfway into the race with flat spots yet running mid 2:18's with Frederick.

https://vimeo.com/30493437

[gran racing]

Here's two. Thanks again for sharing your NHMS video and help at the track Abhi. I'd be glad to help ya at the Glen if I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roG2Y8fdXQc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWJEaDpzov0

[benspeed]

Greg, I remember that day - what a rotten hit. Glad you were OK.

[wepsbee]

Hi All

I am going to the July Sprints and need to learn WGI Long Course. Can anyone point me to in car video that I can look at ?

I took the school there last year but that was on the short course.

BTW, only 4 ITA entries so far ? Where is everyone else ?
Dan...I am so happy to see that you have a car and are entered.

Abhi
I am going to use Denise's car for the Regional, she will race the Pro IT. I still have not found a donor shell for a rebuild.

[mazdagt3]

http://player.vimeo.com/video/13632102

One of my best starts.....

[Butch Kummer]

Funny - I was thinking this same thing last night. I'm going the Double in mid-September but I don't even know what layout will be used.

K

Assuming you're attending the Fun One to earn IT National Tour points, they run the full course on Saturday and the short (NASCAR) layout on Sunday.

[JohnRW]

^^^What Butch said....^^^^

[Abhi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gRiNHym1_k

This one doesn't end well, but there's lots in advance...



Did you make contact with the Miata or was it a L.O.T. (Loss of talent)

Abhi

[Greg Amy]

Did you make contact with the Miata or was it a L.O.T. (Loss of talent)
Reasonable adults will disagree...but yes, there was contact.

Would love to discuss it over a beer (and have, many times) but here's how I saw it.

I was in second place in the Integra with two ITS RX-7s right on my ass (Matt Rooke, the blue one you see go zipping by, and Wilson Wright, the yellow one) drafting me and trying to find a way around (every time I looked back all I saw was Matt's windshield). Jeff Harding, the leader in another RX-7, was 5+ seconds ahead and had already gone through (editorial: which should have let them know more were to come). It was a case of bad timing on where we caught them, but the two trailing ITB cars either saw me and/or kept their proper line on the track so we could weave through. As I came up on the Spec Miata he was quite a bit offline to the left (you'll note, comparing to prior laps, that I end up pretty much "on the line" going through the right-hand bendy) so I assumed he saw me and would stay wide. It is my opinion in hindsight that he did not see me, that I was lost in his right-hand blind-spot, and that possibly he saw the two guys trailing me. Regardless, he moved right to (my opinion) either take the line back and/or move out of the way of the coming trailing cars, and he caught me a bit off guard.

Once I realized what was happening I lifted for a brief moment to make some space to go around him, but not so much to lose momentum; obviously I misjudged it. I tapped his rear bumper as I moved left and made a mental note to go find him later to apologize. At that moment I experienced what you saw.

There was no known video from trailing cars, but based on the damage on all the cars the Miata must have gotten sideways toward the right, then tank-slapped back to the left and t-boned my Integra directly into the passenger door. I have no clue how he was able to maintain that speed to do that. Regardless, the collision punted him back pointing right where Wilson Wright was going by and Wilson t-boned him in his passenger door. Both cars were totaled. I backed into the left Aarmco, smashing in the rear of the car, then continued to rotate right and put the right side of the car into the Aarmco, totaling the Integra. Fortunately, I managed to steer it while driving backwards to keep the car against the Aarmco so that we didn't collect any more cars.

What you didn't see in the video is that I sat there for at least two more hot laps as cars streamed by. I don't know what WGI was thinking , but it took some time to checker the race and get cars contained. I did drop down my window net and stick a thumbs-up out the window to keep any workers from trying to go across the track to check my condition.

I got my bell rung pretty good, so I asked to be taken to Medical for eval, all checked out OK (well, at least no worse than I was before).

I found all the players after getting out of Medical. Matt came out unscathed (actually finished the race P2) and Wilson said "it was just one of those things". The Miata driver was still talking to stewards when I met him, and I apologized to him with the proviso that "I'm not sure what happened either, but it's the passing driver's responsibility" and made no excuses. He was still looking kinda loopy at the time, saying he 'had no idea what happened' but we apparently parted on reasonable terms; or so I thought: it still gets back to me once in a while through the grapevine that "that guy really hates you". :shrug:

Whatever.

Just one of those things...? As I said, reasonable people disagree. - GA

[Knestis]

Assuming you're attending the Fun One to earn IT National Tour points, they run the full course on Saturday and the short (NASCAR) layout on Sunday.

I am indeed. I need to sort out the differences, looks like...

Don't hesitate to share your secrets, Gran/tGA/et al. :)

K

[Greg Amy]

Don't hesitate to share your secrets, Gran/tGA/et al. :)
Go fast. Turn right. Er, left. Er, whatever. Having a Miata helps. - GA

(Come drive over, Prof. Will be there tomorrow night through Sunday AM. Can put you on crew list.)