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RichX · #6 15-04-2009, 06:54 PM

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Now firstly I am fine, I was taken to Dandenong hospital for tests etc... I am still a bit stiff in the neck area - I guess undestandably so...

I basically don't remember much but the story goes as follows:

Exiting turn 2, put my foot down to power out, car ran wide, back right wheel went into gravel, backend stepped out... I stamped on the brakes, span 360 across the track to the infield and hit an embankment, which flipped the car a couple of times.

My PBox says I was doing about 100km/h before the spin... No data after that as the SD card popped out

The main thing is I am ok, just minor bruising and some majorly dented ego I think I know what went wrong:

1) car not setup yet (first session, I should have taken it easy)
2) toe-in issue on front left, ran the strings up before the session and front left looked like 3mm toe-in, I thought I did it wrong so I left it...
3) too many ppl on the track and my impatience
4) **** lack of respect for the PI gods *****

#4 was by far the biggest contributor to my crash! Let this be a lesson to you, NEVER NEVER underestimate how easy it is to loose control...

Now obviously there is NO insurance, I am NOT going to pull a dodgey and commit fraud, I knew the risks and unfortunately I got unlucky (with the car anyways) - so yeah it's going to be a heartbrakingly expensive experience for me (given the car is under a lease, so I need to pay it out basically)

Normally people are pretty quiet about this sort of thing, but I think it's good too remind everyone that trackdays are dangerous. That doesn't mean don't do trackdays, it just means:

DON'T DRIVE BEYOND YOUR ABILITIES
DON'T GET COCKY
*** DON'T DRIVE A CAR THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO LOOSE ***

I would like to give thanks to all the guys that helped on the day - especially James (JPC) for buggerising about for me...

I am not sure what I will be doing with the car, I have a few options at the moment... However I have already promised my girl I won't be tracking again... Maybe the odd skidpan day.. But we will see... Not even sure if I will able to stay in the evo-fraternity

PS - One last thing. RE - Fire Extinguishers:
Resats' bracket is fine, HOWEVER the cage that holds the FE is not. My FE came loose and was crashing about with me in the car... This could have easily killed me. From the looks of things it was the flippy clip part that came loose... So maybe some tape or something would hold it better?!??!

Thanks in advance for your kind words

Cheers
D.