Santa Pod Raceway New Surface Claims Another Victim

[Coops]

My mate Tony with his 1200bhp capri lost traction mid track sunday and went on quite a ride, ended up crossing lanes and running down the wall at over 130mph before slowing it down and bringing the car back onto the track

The new track claimed 4 cars over the weekend,

we are currently in the process of damage assessment prior to rebuild,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJZV6Q8Ja ... e=youtu.be

[ChrisJC]

How did he lose traction?

Chris.

[Coops]

its the new surface mate,
even I struggle with traction this year,

[ChrisJC]

But he was nearly at the end, so why did the traction fail then? Surely traction problems would be mainly at launch?
Did it break away when shifting gear?

Chris.

[scudderfish]

At about 0:38 something blows out of the car. Any idea what it was?

[Coops]

car lost grip, the tyres spun then hit the rev limiter (what the smoke is) then it was off for a joy ride across the track

[Coops]

video of another one of the accidents the weekend,
may not work as its on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/santapodracewa ... 037774975/

[stevieturbo]

From the video, looks more like the rear end locked or something ?

2 distinct clouds of smoke just before the car starts to lose control. I'd be surprised if such a car with those tyres etc would have enough power to lose traction to such a degree so far up track to cause it to go so out of control ? ( although the big wobbly tyres are also inherently unstable and dangerous at speed too )

Any datalogs ? with wheel speeds etc ?

The surface does look great, and arent people also setting lots of personal bests ?