Love the place, but it's not very forgiving.
Love the place, but it's not very forgiving.
Ed Funk
NER ITA CRX, ITB Civic, ITC CRX (wanna buy a Honda?)
Smart as a horse, hung like Einstein!
I'm not going back.
Racing is supposed to be fun and I'm at a point in my life where I think I can reasonably expect that I can fall - or get knocked - off of a racetrack and not have it carry that high of a likelihood of a big price tag.
I love fast, challenging corners. I was within a half second of the ITB lap record the day before Pablo II was totaled due to someone else's bad decision, so I *think* I can find my way around the place. In this case, it was just the wrong place at the wrong time but unlike most tracks, where there might be a couple of places where a competitor's mechanical failure would end up in a big impact with a wall, WGI has only a couple of places where that is NOT likely to be the case.
The odds just don't add up as far as I'm concerned.
K
that sucks kirk,...sorry to hear
Sunday Race:
Rear view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNI3Pq5DhCs
Front in-car view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lBXjMyYmLc
Wish I had someone that could combine these!!!
Saturday race:
Roof, forward view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNqENAjo_k
Have not yet done the in-car version. Saturday was a bit of a yawner, but you can get a glimpse of Kirk and GregG in the wall at 8:15 and 11:00.
That 13B-powered Miata is..."quick"...watch the various views from both days.
Last edited by Greg Amy; 07-07-2014 at 11:10 PM.
Sorry to hear about this Kirk, but glad everyone is ok.
Tough track, I know it's one of the classics but even with like 10 days on it so far doing HPDE and instructing, it still doesn't resonate well with me like some other places. Last time I touched the place I lost a LF hub, thankfully during pit-in. I'll be there this week again instructing, I'm going in with an open mind and want to love it.
I'd like to make a Major one of these days, this year the opportunity's passed.
Will
Own driver error I can somewhat live with but when taken out... that just sucks.
It's all relative about the track though. For the N.E., Lime Rock, Thompson, NHMS... I feel safer racing at the Glen personally.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Sorry to hear Kirk. Couple turns I always used to think about what would happen if my own hub failed...bummer.
Greg - I think the video quality is just fine. Good stuff and thanks for sharing!
i respect Kirk decision that the bad ju-ju he has experienced at the Glen makes him not want to return, but honestly it was no the guard rail that got him, he got driven into to a tire wall. the only thing better is lots of grass. it was interesting talking to Kevin Fandozzi however, this was his first race at the glen and he said the data showed loads higher than he has ever seen in his Cobalt. i suppose tha could lead to such failures as the meotter had.
dick patullo
ner scca IT7 Rx7
Take another look at the Sunday "Rear view" vid.
In the 32-33 minute range you will see a simply incredible save by a B-Spec Mini (Washay's car) going into the Boot as a result of a small punt.
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