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Topic Re: "The Truth Behind What Caused Paul Walker's Fatal Crash" - The Drive |
A bit more grant - 7 years ago |
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The Drive
I know no one wants to hear this, but I’m going to say it: Roger was a great driver, and actually quite conservative. And if he had a new set of tires on the car, that crash wouldn’t have happened, because 90 mph on that corner is nothing for a Carrera GT. With old tires, it’s not like you get oversteer or understeer, and you then correct, and back it down. They seem fine one minute, you hit the brakes or turn the wheel, and then they are just gone. You’re a passenger. Or, at least I was, back at Spring Mountain in 2012.
And some car teams mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - 7 years ago |
Re: A bit more frogster - 7 years ago |
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grant
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By the way, his own story about himself on the track indicated that he's either careless or a bit clueless on this topic. Two spin on the first lap? really? And he doesnt know why?
Grant
This is so true! (below) grant - 7 years ago |
Re: This is so true! (below) MikenOH - 7 years ago |
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grant
"I look back at all the stupid things I did when I was a kid and sometimes wonder how I made it this far."
The key thing is that Paul and the driver should have known. They raced.
And his basic point that it could have been the tires is good.
First autocross runs of the day, especially in the cool spring, can be major embarrassments!
Re: "The Truth Behind What Caused Paul Walker's Fatal Crash" - The Drive CarreraLicious - 7 years ago |
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Crooster
His death was caused by excessive speed in an inappropriate venue. In other words, lack of judgement. Old tires just reinforce the lack of judgement.
well, yes, but grant - 7 years ago |
Re: well, yes, but CarreraLicious - 7 years ago |
I agree it was poor judgement, but due to them speeding. Yes, they should have made sure the tires were good, but you should know better than to go 90 on a public city road.Quote
grant
We know they were speeding. They knew they were speeding. But people don't usually die fiery deaths from speeding - there's MORE bad judgement or bad luck in most cases. Per the author, and I have not seen the scene, they could do what they did, at the speed they did, "in a Prius", and in their minds were not taking such a huge risk. The point, i believe is that both cold and old tires caused the car to have a) less grip and b) less linear breakaway.
Now, MY point was "and any driver with any [track] experience ought to know this". So its back to judgement, - btu not necessarily for going fast.
I wont say how fast I've gone. *NM* grant - 7 years ago |