Crashed my 2020 GT500 CFTP into a Creek High-Speed at the Track! (video)

[The Chairman]

This is a good tip Don… thanks! I’ll be at COTA again this weekend.

They moved the COTA event a week later (to this coming weekend), and I’m taking the grandkids to Disney leaving on Saturday. So I won’t make this one.
Looks like a hot Saturday and rain on Sunday. So be careful out there!

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[Paul McWhiskey]

I kept expecting to see Fugi Hakayito in the video.

 

[Tomster]

I finally got to watch the video. At about 11:19ish, it looked to me that the car had transitioned into the turn creating a centrifugal force outwards. It also appeared to me that the right front and possibly the right rear went over the rumble strips and slightly onto the grass causing an induced drag that caused a right yawing tendency that was not corrected enough in a timely fashion. The situation was aggrevated enough to the point that it was inevitable that Tim was going to depart the paved surface. I will give Tim some kudos in that he kept the car from entering a spin. Had that happened, the situation would have been much worse.

I dont know if Tim intended to drive over (and I mean the other side) of the rumble strip, but upsetting the car is something that you try to avoid.

I have a few questions.....

Were you at maintenence throttle entering the turn? Accelerating? Braking? Id have to watch it again to see/hear.

Tire condition is just that. Heat cycled cup 2s don't all of a sudden demonstrate this behavior. The last time I used heat cycled tires, I had to adjust my driving. My times were subsequently off and that is the price to pay. You know it, and you adjust your driving accordingly.

Again, glad Tim is ok and damage was minimal.

 

[noac]

I thought those the SC2 tires weren’t supposed to be driven in cold and or rain.

 

[noac]

Did the Sport Cup 2 tires have the FP on the sidewall.

 

[Excelerater]

i would think that platform would not be a great one for road racing because if the blower

 

[OF5.0]

i would think that platform would not be a great one for road racing because if the blower

When you buy a GT500, you receive a “GT500 Track Attack” experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Your statement is ignorant of the car’s capabilities.

 

[Excelerater]

When you buy a GT500, you receive a “GT500 Track Attack” experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Your statement is ignorant of the car’s capabilities.

not so in this case....hence the crash poncho

 

[OF5.0]

not so in this case....hence the crash poncho

Any vehicle with the tire quality and ambient conditions that Goose17 encountered could have done the same thing. You are making this to be a GT500-specific issue. It’s not.

Randy Pobst, among countless others, have praised the GT500’s capabilities on the track.

 

[Tomster]

not so in this case....hence the crash poncho

Yes, and the course they offer teaches you the track basics and is follow the instructor only. They only way you learn is by repetition and to Tim's credit, he has been doing that. Unfortunately some things you have to learn the hard way. Its very fortunate the lesson didn't involve injuries or a loss of his car.

You don't go to the track attack and become a track star over night.

 

[Epiphany]

I love the internet.

 

[Biggsy]

i would think that platform would not be a great one for road racing because if the blower

What does the blower have to do with anything?

 

[Excelerater]

What does the blower have to do with anything?

Twitchy throttle , the torque curve . Road racer combos are high RPM low torque for a.reason. It was a question mfkers get all twisted up over it.

 

[Biggsy]

Twitchy throttle , the torque curve . Road racer combos are high RPM low torque for a.reason. It was a question mfkers get all twisted up over it.

I could’ve sworn there are forced induction cars in several IMSA series. So I would think it would come down to driver control. I could be wrong though.

 

[Mach VII]

I love the internet.

Funny, I say that dead serious sometimes and other times with total sarcasm...

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