Experienced Competetion Drivers..., What did this guy do wrong? Options

[MikeInMunich]

Hey Guys! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif)

I can't figure out what happened in this crash, which you may or may not have seen on You Tube. You can easily find it by searching "914 Accident".

Here is the URL: https://youtu.be/BHYYlTZIZQ4

I estimate that in the video the guy covers about 125m in 3 seconds (while sliding), which is 2500 per minute...150 km/hr or 91 mph. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

So he's going into a curve which isn't sharp at just under 100 MPH with nearly optimum tires and suspension, and he loses it. I can't speak from experience at all here. I've never been in a curve at that speed, athough I can say that my car, with 195-50 Goodrich G-Force Sport Comps (HIGHLY recommend, by the way, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)) front AND rear sway bars and Bilstine performance struts, can easily handle much sharper turns (exit ramps) at about 60 MPH with no problem. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

I'm interested in hearing opinions of what happened here and why he seems to have not counter steered at all to regain control. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Looking forward to your comments, opinions and insights! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

Thanks!

By the way, anybody heading over to Munich for the Oktoberfest? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

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M.i.M.

[Calwaterbear]

It's pretty hard/ expensive to get significant seat time in a car, for pikes peak, you get what, a 1/2 hour a year? so you better be actively seaking other venues/ race series etc that you can build up some time.

you essentially buy your way into Pikes Peak, i know you have to do a rookie school where you have a few short practices, and get a chalk talk, but thats a pretty technical challenge if you don't have a couple of hundred hours of racing seat time on road courses.

I don't know the driver at all, but I can tell you a good carpenter never blames his tools.

He obviously did enough to get the car through Pikes Peak safety inspection, but I have no idea how rigorous that is.

If your reading between the lines, my completely uninformed opinion, guy was in it way over his head, and I question if he had the experience he needed to actually be up to the task.

I've seen a whole lot of guys with more money than skill in several different race series, and a whole lot of em tend to crash out because they didnt realize money didn't buy them skill or knowledge!