Can you say "pancake"?

Lost control around 8b and did a tank slapper....wiggle left then lifted, no steering correction....wiggle right and straight off into the outside wall at 8.
45degree hit with left front into 8K pound K wall....every thing infront of the bulkhead on the left is gone suspension, trunk floor, bumper, lights, oil and water radiators. Entire left side is bent...bad.
Will make a great parts car....

Really bad part he had owned the car for only 1 month...didn't even have plates of registration yet...just the new car sticker in the front windshield.

Both driver and instructor were OK Walked away...both airbags deployed...
The new cars really are tanks....the passenger compartment was completely intact.

Hi Greg, Haven't seen you for awhile.
Hopefully I'll see you out at Buttonwillow at the end of the month with Per & the gang, if I can get my stuff together and un-break my car by then.
Glad you guys had fun today.
Steve.

Outsch!!

that's horrible... glad no one was injured.

In reviewing my video, I had a 2:06.

This was quite an improvment from my 2:13, last time.


KT

It's all about the lines

Trekkor, Dan and Greg,
What a GREAT time yesterday with you all. Greg and Tricia nice pitting with you guys and being on track with your beautiful LeMans car. Trekkor hey really fun following you and Dan thru the correct line...Dan you could have been a circle track guy the way you drifted my car thru turn 11 ! Nice catch several times...Thanks for showing me the line. By the afternoon I was feeling the track come to me. So next time out we gotta get under 2 min !
Greg Welch

Here is a pic of me driving Greg W's car in the red (instructor) group.
Greg riding along...grabbing anything he can to hold on
Car was a little loose in the rear in this session so we did do some "dirt tracking" at 4, 6 and 11. Nothing a little adjustment of the shocks and/or front sway bar couldn't fix.
I just adjusted the lines abit and ran fine.
It was fun though seeing Greg give me the thumbs up several times as I had it in opposite lock coming of several corners.
He will probably never ride with me again.

Dan,

No it was REALLY FUN doing the ride along...any time at any track. Once I get my driving suit back from the cleaners we'll go again.
gw

Gee Greg,
you hid it well, I didn't see your helmet filling up

Love your car....

Dan,

Thanks...what would you guestimate your lap times were when you drove my car with the advanced/instructor group ? I vote Trekkor as most improved - dropping 7 seconds a lap is HUGE....fresh tires, good coaching and seat time works !
gw

Judging from the cars we were running with in the red group I would say right around 2:00 maybe a hair either side. Just a guess.

Greg,
If you remove your outside rearview mirror from the door, remove the black gasket and look underneath...there should be an 8 or 10 mm nut you can tighten and your mirror will stay in place.

Dan,

Thanks for the mirror repair tip. Will fix prior to B'willow 6-24 along with stiffening the front sway bar. The 3/4 turn (soften) to the rear shox helped as did less tire pressure in front during the pm sessions. Looking fwd to your driving feedback after the next PCA event we attend with you.
gw

Thanks.

I'd have to say entry speed into 1 and 2.

I was entering turn 1 in 5th, getting far over to the left under the bridge, braking, heel/toe skip to 3rd gear and enter turn 2 at 52 mph.

Point of reference: the American LeMans Porsche GT2 car's enter at 54 mph

Stay in third all the way out of turn four.

Also entering the carousel on the right, stab brakes and STAY in 4th!
Take a wide arc with a decreasing radius as we fed in power and GO!

the proper exit, and you just lick the rumble strip on the right and you are pointed straight up to 7.

Those two turns made my day.


KT

Dan, where did you get that pic of Greg's car so quick?

Here's Greg out my back window into turn 2.


KT

Hey everyone, we are finally back at home and checking in.

What a great event at Infineon!

600 mile trip for us, and the Dually with the trailer only gets 10mpg!! >$200 in gas just for the trip up & back.

Our poor 914-6 was doing back to back run groups (Red & Blue) but no overheating problems and the brakes never even started to fade!

Am having some shifting issues but I'm hoping it is just a clutch adjustment...

Looking forward to Buttonwillow 6/23-25

Great seeing everyone in the non-virtual world!

Someone had posted a few pics on the GGR website and it just happened to have one of me driving Greg's car

Dan,

Great shot the car in your capable hands in T2 !...The phrase "drive it like you stole it" comes to mind.
gw

some pics...

746 on track

Sears is my favorite.

I'm running here on 7-21-06 with TMR.


KT

Looking Goooood Trekkor !! Nice shots of your car at a great venue.
gw

passing the Lotus

here, Greg. You are in this one too.

I'll have to burn a CD of some longer clips for you.


KT