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Originally Posted by roastbeef
i'm not really seeing what the big deal is, but thats easy to say when i haven't been there.
we have a track out here called willow springs. it features a huge, high speed, decreasing radius turn. it has a pretty large runoff, but it is basically desert landscape. this kink is less complicated than turn 8-9 at big willow. i think people just have commitment issues.
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The fact that many professional drivers are nervous about it, and regularly crash there, should be proof enough of the challenge. That corner is truly legendary.
My understanding is that many people who have issues at that corner may have also goofed on the preceding corner known as The Carousel, and by the time they realize it, it's too late. The entry, apex, and exit are not where you intuitively think they are.
Mario Andretti said, "Then there's the kink. It's flat-out, tremendously quick. You have to really hold your breath going in there, and it's a real challenge to do it perfect. It's very challenging to drive."
Here's a narrated lap that illustrates the difficulty: