GVK.

Post up your track day 'oh bollox' moments on here!

Maybe a crash, or a near miss , vids you've seen online.. whatever...

I did a bit of 'jazz hands' at Donny a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8oT...el_video_title

And a bit of a moment at Bedfiord....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SotmW...el_video_title

Oh, and Rockinham

http://vimeo.com/10057273

Steve the Plumber

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Well held,

I lost my NSR wheel at speed after the std wheel studs snapped at Lydden Hill a couple of year ago, sorry no pics.

Rsmat

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Well caught mate...

JPA

nothing to say really


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNybw...ko-JOH2fe1K29Q

Chip

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Here's the in car of my spin last year at camp, if you look about 10 seconds into the video the car twitches left, thats from the strut moving relative to the hub which put a significant amount of toe out onto the car on that wheel, thus making it as if I had steered left a bit, as it happened I felt it so immediately corrected it, so you only see a bit of a twitch but obviously that sort of twitch when you are already on the cornering limit of the car is always going to be a problem, and it was the back that broke free, I turned into the skid to try and catch it but even on full lock it wasnt enough, and it made it to the grass, once it was there I had no chance as ran out of grip.
As soon as I pulled away after the car had settled, I could feel something was wrong, so we put hazzards on and limped round to the pull in after quarry where I would be out the way enough to not interfere with the session for everyone else.

It was very close to hitting the barrier as you can see!

I thought the bolt had come loose but much to my surprise the bolt wasnt loose at all when I went to undo it, but there obviously just wasnt enough friction on it for some reason (maybe it was a bit greasey when it was assembled) to hold on the shock absorber with hard cornering forces.
Good lesson in why not to use that type of shock (slotted for camber adjustment) and the first thing I did to the car after was fit some better shocks instead!




You can see in this picture where I had the full lock on trying to catch it, which held it sideways briefly, which I guess took just enough momentum out to stop it getting the barrier!

GVK.

EPIC skidz Chip! lucky not to hit the barrier. Was it someone on here in an Escos that had a big one at Camp some years back?

trev1964

My first bike trackday.
April 2001 at Croft.
Highsided at Tower bend..

Rsmat

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Yea it was Davecos4x4.

GVK.

Was it this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_RjxqNh7Og

Trist

me and my brother in law shared my father in laws XR4x4 Turbo technics on a track day. I did the morning and he done the afternoon.. morning was spot on



and then his first session out he went a bit hot into paddock hill and skipped across the gravel and into the wall. I was passenger and thats the side it hit,,
broke my nose as the a piller kissed me crash helmet and the seat twisted so my elbow wedged against the handbrake and I done my ribs in..

GVK.

Another Camp fail, RS4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6XG...feature=fvwrel

GVK.

Shit! Sierra is a mess!

GVK.

This 70s footage from the 'ring is funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZb7sbRFCF0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc5...eature=related

Amazing how easy the cars roll over!

WongRS

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man, look at the airbags in the rs4! looks like a camper van with curtains!
Can i ask a really, really, dumbass question...........?
WTF is "camp?"

Trist

I think I read somewhere that the RS4 was on hire? I think he had to fork out for it?

Sonic Boom

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Camp is a corner at Castle Combe where there are some really savage crashes.
Just do a search on youtube there are 100's
Rich

WongRS

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Ahh, i see, thanks.
Never ever been to combe, could be why i didn't know!
Or i'm a specimen, either way.

GVK.

Vtec kicked in y0! (threw a rod)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPjbW5XlRes

In the comments there's a link to the Civics lap prior to it going bang, not suprised it failed, he's shifting down to 3rd in 4th/5th gear corners.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKylY...watch_response

nevsrevs

corner at castle combe mate, those rings films are scary, no seat belts

liam-rst

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my first track ever session at fordfair 2003, on my first lap with cold tyres, in my old s2, me thinkin yes, yes im catchin that escos!! as it turned out he was backing off while i was still under full load, result was plenty of understeer clippin the verge and sendin me into a spin, luckily i hit nothin and everyone else avoided me, had a few unwanted stonechips tho lol

GVK.

205 at Quarry, Castle Combe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWjiIBf51J8

Chip

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Was that you GVK? or just a video you found?

Looks like it was going in about twice the speed it should have been!

Love the way he gets out and rubs some mud off.

Yeah its as good as fucking new now mate

Rsmat

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Jesus that approach was way to fast lol..

Cragrat

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pmsl at the beetle driver being spat out...

GVK.

Which one Chip? Only the first posts vids are mine.

the rest I've found.

R4N SS

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ive got a vid of me hitting the wall at Quarry after losing it on Avon Rise in my 3dr from 2006 - will have to find the vid, but this is the resulting damage afterwards... 135mph into a slide entering avon rise and no braking





I hate coombe

Chip

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If that was the only damage after doing 135mph over the rise and no braking, then I would say your speedo is over reading

Chip

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The 205 one I meant.

zetec-Sam

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By a good 100mph.

maxest

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That 70s nurburg footage is brilliant... the one when the guy falls out of the beetle!! Very lucky!

v man

who was it that went backwards in the pit lane at national day a few years ago in the rs500

think it happened again to someone else in a saff couple of years later

GVK.

Black one? I was there that day in the Grandstand above, bloody lucky that no one stood there!

R4N SS

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Well I had Ryan sitting next to me who later told me he saw 135mph down the straight approaching avon rise and my mate who i overtook said he saw no brake lights.

that impact wasnt at 135mph either as we were sideways for what felt like eternity and managed to scrub a load of speed off and luckily the tyre wall soft so managed to get away with that.

My speedo didnt over-read either as i had tested upto 140mph with my satnav and it was within 2mph at that speed

Chip

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Your car must be made of very thick metal then mate

R4N SS

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i guess so as there was no rust on the front

my head is pretty thick tho lol

sjoyce666

I'm pretty sure that is Sketch's old Red Nissan in the top left of that photo and either his or SiB's 205 next to it

R4N SS

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could well be mate - that was a fucking fantastic day out despite my crash

a-mac

here is mine at kames this year pic is in fast ford this month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWELlNi04w

Chip

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Ouch!

Fuck all run off there on that track

Looks similar to the haynes one, ie best left to go karts really, lol

Ebonycossie4x4

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i asked him before what he was thinking lol. cant believe Dave thought he could take that bend that quick.