Yikes. Driver is fine though... Looks like brake failure?

https://www.6speedonline.com/article...t-laguna-seca/

 

Tire failure or oil slick. He came in frame sideways, hot which would lead me to believe the car was in the process of swapping ends.

 

at 1:57, how did the door open on the red 458?

 

Ouch. Guess I'll be slowing down more in the corkscrew now.

 

You know, watching that video it makes me realize (most of us) that club race should consider the emergency crews available at our events. It seemed like a VERY long time for the EMT's to respond and this was a "high level" Grand Am event. Then to watch the lack of rigging skills in the recovery attempt of the car...I guess we race by choice and should not rely on anyone coming to our rescue and fully accept the fact the car is expendable. I guess I always realized this, but it is still a little sobering to see it play out first hand.

 

Unless there are gaps in the video, it looks like it took about 1'20" for the EMT to arrive on scene. I'm not sure where they come out of onto the track, but that might not be too bad given that they probably can't do a much better lap time than around 2'30" in those trucks -- it might just seem longer when you're watching the video. I do agree that we're all accepting some risks when we play at the track. Although, I'm not sure it's any worse than those crazy drivers I see out on the highways.

 

I thought the key to the corkscrew was slowing down just before the ridge and allowing the car to drop-in under neutral throttle and no brake.

At least that's the way it works best on Gran Turismo.

 

That does seem like a very long time. If the car had caught fire, that's an enormous amount of time. Wouldn't it make sense to have a unit stationed at the corkscrew run off area? - that's about 2/3 of the way around the track and they could cover a decent area... just thinking out loud...

I think the open door was from the driver who had spun out earlier and pulled over??