Lessons Learned Today
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SteveA
, Jul 23 2010 08:48 PM
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 08:48 PM
Corn Fields are great for stopping cars very quickly from 90mph while only leaving small scratches
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 08:52 PM
Have you uploaded any videos yet?
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 09:00 PM
Not yet, I don't have the spin on camera but the Performance Box telemetry is quite entertaining. My fastest lap was a 1:42 in the first session. After the spin in the second session laps were up to the 1:44's. Must have left my bottle in that field 
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 09:03 PM
Corn Fields are great for stopping cars very quickly from 90mph while only leaving small scratches
Sounds like you had a lucky escape buddy.
Good job it was today, another month and the field would of been harvested and ploughed. Then it would of been bumpy.
Will it polish out sir?
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 09:06 PM
My car is vinyl wrapped so I just need to replace that part of the film The speed it stopped the car was unreal, I was totally expecting to see the clam in peices. Was very pleasantly suprised when I got back to the pits.
The speed it stopped the car was unreal, I was totally expecting to see the clam in peices. Was very pleasantly suprised when I got back to the pits.
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 09:18 PM
Off an acre of wheat you would get about 3.5 ton of corn and 1.5 ton of straw.
So a vx will take an impact of 5 ton of wheat then thats if you travelled the distance of an acre.
Not bad for a plastic car.
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 09:26 PM
I'm guessing th Jim Clarke S's at croft?
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 09:27 PM
I only went about 5 meters into it. Spend ages getting the corn seeds out, it was definately an experience.
edit - Yeah it was the JCS's, I tried to take them without lifting off the throttle
Good spot BTW
Good spot BTW
Edited by SteveA, 23 July 2010 - 09:35 PM.
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 04:22 AM
From 90??! Christ on a bike!I only went about 5 meters into it.
"Ballsiest move I ever saw, Maverick!"edit - Yeah it was the JCS's, I tried to take them without lifting off the throttle
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 10:03 AM
TBH the spin started at 90, tarmac slowed me down a bit then the grass then the corn. I'm going to overlay the telemetry onto google maps so I can see exactly how fast I was going when I hit the corn.
[attachment=22239:Croftspin.JPG]
I was doing 37mph when I hit the corn.
Edited by SteveA, 24 July 2010 - 10:43 AM.
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 10:55 AM
I had a 4 wheel drift on a damp circuit doing about 90 last time I was at croft. Good times!
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