Heres a video of me ice racing in my Saturn. This was probably the 3rd lap of the race of the day. For some reason, my front tires caught on the something sticky going through the esses, and I began to fishtail. Let’s just say it was a bit of downward spiral after tha…
Just my luck that I’d hit the ONE tiny, bit of the track with too much traction!
Was that the car spinning in a circle, or just your usual mind…especially when e-filing? Great views, however!
on February 26, 2009 at 9:08 am Ozgur Ozturk wrote:
Could brake pad stick to disks? or can snow get between these two(front right brake) for a short time? i see you’re not braking during that event, but i can not think an acceptable logical reason for this type of behaviour of the car…
I think the problem arose from a patch of snow partway through the corner that had more grip than the rest of the corner. Being ice, all of the wheels are going to be sliding sideways to a certain degree at any given time (except on the long straights). If you go over a patch of snow or other extra traction, the wheel over that section suddenly “grabs” and, well, the car’s balance can get upset to say the least. I’m pretty sure that this happened with one of my front tires, which caused the front to suddenly lurch to the right as you see. That upset the balance enough to get things fishtailing, and then it was downhill from there…
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on March 25, 2008 at 12:32 pm Richard C. wrote:
How fast were you going when that happened?
on March 25, 2008 at 12:58 pm Noah wrote:
Probably between 50 and 60 mph.
on December 17, 2008 at 2:37 pm ann g wrote:
Was that the car spinning in a circle, or just your usual mind…especially when e-filing? Great views, however!
on February 26, 2009 at 9:08 am Ozgur Ozturk wrote:
Could brake pad stick to disks? or can snow get between these two(front right brake) for a short time? i see you’re not braking during that event, but i can not think an acceptable logical reason for this type of behaviour of the car…
on February 26, 2009 at 9:49 am Noah wrote:
I think the problem arose from a patch of snow partway through the corner that had more grip than the rest of the corner. Being ice, all of the wheels are going to be sliding sideways to a certain degree at any given time (except on the long straights). If you go over a patch of snow or other extra traction, the wheel over that section suddenly “grabs” and, well, the car’s balance can get upset to say the least. I’m pretty sure that this happened with one of my front tires, which caused the front to suddenly lurch to the right as you see. That upset the balance enough to get things fishtailing, and then it was downhill from there…