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    Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!

    What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?

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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/09/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    Mirrors, hell, if he had his eyes open he should have seen that car, as it was in front of him! #racing
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    Image of ptschett ptschett
    11/09/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!

    Seen at the Ojibwe Forests Rally this year, one of the safety guy's cars: #racing
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    Image of MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!

    This is what I though of when viewing the Viper crash. #racing
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    I just love the sparks coming off of the rollbar in the first video. Man, that's impressive. The yelling in the second one is good. The car got squirrely, and he knew he was in over his head. Bummer. #racing
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    Image of rigidjunkie rigidjunkie
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    Ahhh Nelson Ledges where you better know how your car is going to handle different kinds of pavement and how it reacts to changes in pavement. Last time I was there a mustang went off the same place and ended up on top of the tire wall. #racing
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    My favorite. #racing
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    Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! promoted this comment jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms was starred jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms was unstarred
    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/09/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: Good. God.

    It looked like there was a lot more runoff area if he had gone straight. #racing
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/09/09

    @Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!: Maybe, but assuming your brakes actually work, its almost always better to skirt the apex so you have at much pavement as possible to get it slowed down before the slippery grass. Think of a heroic trail braking excersice. In this case, I think he was FUBAR'd either way. #racing
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/09/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: Shouldn't brakes be used before the corner, especially when you are a student with an instructor in the car? :) Using them in a corner is only for those who like to roll the dice... #racing
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/09/09

    @Turboner: Been a LONG time since I've completed braking in a straight line on track if the corner allows me to trail brake, which is usually around 80% of them. In this case yes, brake straight, but the point of the video is that he lost his brakes. #racing
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    The flip is amazing. Per WRC rules, the car should be put on its wheels and continue.

    The Viper vid, OTOH, is kinda funny 'cause you know what's going through this guy's mind.

    "ooooohhhh, this is gonna hurt...my WALLLEEETTT" #racing
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    11/08/09

    @I was drivin' that Model A: I first read that as "this is gonna hurt...my MULLLLETTTT" #racing
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    Image of Sth002000 Sth002000
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    that's not race footage that's the end to a French movie from the 60s. Just look at how surreal it looks as the cars drive by, upside down. #racing
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    Wow, did that Ford do a full backflip a la the McLaren Mercedes at LeMans a few years back? Impressive!
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    Edited by LTDScott at 11/08/09 5:43 PM LTDScott was starred LTDScott was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/08/09

    @LTDScott: Yeah, but he clearly didn't stick the landing. #racing
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    Image of oyumurtaci oyumurtaci
    11/08/09

    @Novaload: I know nothing about the video, but the audio sound suspiciously like a she. Or a rather small child. The man yelling 'KILL SWITCH! KILL SWITCH!', on the other hand, is obviously a bear. #racing
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/08/09

    @oyumurtaci: A talking bear, you mean. #racing
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    Image of oyumurtaci oyumurtaci
    11/09/09

    @Novaload: A polite talking bear. He says thank you, and teaches fire safety by empowering us with the knowledge of kill switch. Smokey is among us. #racing
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/09/09

    @LTDScott: Half backflip, actually. A full flip wouldn't have made as many sparks ;) #racing
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    Watching Miatas wrecking isn't as interesting as watching blind cockroaches walking into each other.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: RX-7. It's in the first sentence.
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: I see it's contagious.. Miata comment on the RX7 post.
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: Yeah, so? RX-7 is pretty much useless, just as useless as a Miata.

    ...Just like a Rolex watch, it's good for 4-5 years then dies.
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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: your first troll was better even though you got the car wrong...this troll you didn't even try...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @vr6john: He (or she) does contribute to the discussion sometimes, so the trolls are tolerated as a necessary byproduct.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    @Murilee Martin: I've never seen anything but troll-esque comments emanate from that username, and strange third person comments. I tend to ignore them myself- if they aren't troll-ey, they are obviously ignorant and not worthy of response.
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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    09/27/09

    @Theimbellis: I'm surprised I didn't see a Suxs0rs or Ro0LeZ in your comment somewhere.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    Our Amazon lost a wheel in the first race, while I was driving, and the car simply skidded to a stop (I was fortunate enough to be able to get it off course!) Of course, that was a front wheel- losing a rear wheel is much, much more dangerous- especially in a turn!
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    It amazes me that a car as low centered as a Miata would flip like that rather than just sliding off into the grass. If it had slid then hooked the edge and rolled, sure - but this sucker jumps like it had an ACME hydraulic ram underneath it.

    One moment, rolling through the corner - the next.. yard sale.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: It was an RX-7, but yeah, pretty freaky still. I think the wheel got shoved under the back of the car, since he was on a corner, and that poped the back end up and initiated the roll. Sort of like when a swing-axle car gets lose in back around a turn. (Think Tatra, VW, Corvair, Porche)
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    @mechimike: dOH! Pretty bad how my eyes read RX7 & my brain thought miata... must have been due to the spec miata post I had just read.

    Regardless, I bet you are right that the wheel became a ramp.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: The driver of the RX-7 was sure that he'd been hit, which is what it felt like in the car.
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    Image of UnlimitedRevs UnlimitedRevs
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    He was on a roll.

    ...sorry.
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    Nick promoted this comment UnlimitedRevs was starred UnlimitedRevs was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    09/26/09

    @UnlimitedRevs: do it right.

    He must be butter 'cause he is on a roll.

    /RIP Steve Mazur
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    Edited by Nick at 09/26/09 2:10 PM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
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