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Originally Posted by roastbeef
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Originally Posted by dparm
This was a bad weekend for racing at RA -- multiple crashes at The Kink. As much as I want to do it as a bucket-list item, seeing shit like this from professionals scares me. I will definitely be getting the insurance.
https://wtf1.com/post/road-americas-...-this-weekend/
In particular, this one is monstrous:
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So, someone tell me about the kink... looks like a basic high speed right. What's the big deal? Is there something I'm missing? |
It's a fast turn. The outside of the turn from apex to exit has a concrete wall a couple of feet from the outside of the track. I'm not even sure if it's a full car width. The turn is flat and the road is crowned.
There's not a lot of room for error.
I'm at over 100mph GPS in my stock E90 M3 with NT01s at the apex when I'm on it using all of the curbing.
If that curbing is damp, you're in the wall.
I've seen a bunch of crashes between T13/14. People lift when the car gets unloaded from going up hill which causes the car to dart right into the tire barrier on the outside.