Das Race: My '97 M3/4/5

[Jake]

Dang! At least you guys were both ok and it looks like the impact happened under mostly braking. I guess "if you ain't rubbin you ain't racing" doesn't apply here in the real world :lol:

It's probably a good thing I never got into actual track racing, I doubt I would be as patient as you need to be when coming up on someone who is slower than me. I'm always still amazed how more accidents don't happen with as many cars as they put on a track at the same time.

Yeah, definitely. I need to look at my data tonight and see how fast I was going when I hit him. I was braking heavily but to bend a frame rail takes some serious effort.

Our qualifying sessions both days were very full - about 90 cars out there at once. We had so many late race entries that the Cobettos had to split the race groups into three (Lightning, Thunder, Typhoon) where there are normally two - but the schedule didn't allow for three qualifying groups. So it was a bit of a melee the first couple of laps until everything sorted out.

Re: patience - clearly I learned that I need to be moreso. What sucks is that I remember coming down the straight, seeing that train of SE30s, and making the conscious choice to keep my right foot down instead of tucking in behind them. Had I backed off for a turn or two, I could have taken them in a few spots farther along the track and still kept my lead on Mark. Ugh.

Deren took my car to the body shop today to have the frame rail pulled back. I brought him a core support on Monday and am picking up a Cosmos Black nose panel this Saturday to drop off. So, Humpty Dumpty will be back together again soon and the plan is to pick her up a week from Sunday. That will leave me most of a week to check over the car (even though Deren is going to do it, too) and get ready for Summit Point on the 10th of June.