Mustang lessons (don't have arm out window, don't ride along

Chuck Branscomb · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:45 pm

Jump ahead to about 0:40 if you want cliff notes view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5JEo4haM_k

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:49 pm

Chuck Branscomb wrote:

Jump ahead to about 0:40 if you want cliff notes view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5JEo4haM_k

Moral of the story: Don't setup an autocross course in close proximity to all those trees. I can't see our club ever using a site like that.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:56 pm

Completely avoidable

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:03 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

I can't see our club ever using a site like that.

Old parking lots are disappearing. New lots are all built with trees planted in them. In the future THSCC may have no choice but to use a site like that. At least it looks like they found the problem during setup (there were no corner workers to be seen), before they opened the course.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:28 pm

Jason Mauldin wrote:

Old parking lots are disappearing. New lots are all built with trees planted in them. In the future THSCC may have no choice but to use a site like that.

Yes, I'm well aware, as I design new parking lots almost daily. Reduction of impervious areas is a high priority. However (at least in Wilson) planted areas are required to be protected, not just open like this in the video. 99% of the time, 6" curbing is used. Not that you'd want to slam into a 6" curb, but it's not exactly apples-to-apples comparison.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:19 pm

No joke, I have autocrossed in this parking lot...

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=3 ... ginia&z=19

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:30 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-oDR50au4

This is what he should be doing. at least this way it would be purposefully sideways. Instead of drifting and spinning like a amateur.

I am certain he would be in novice class for a long time after that one.

:lol:

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:33 pm

Come to think of it. I think rallycrossing a old mustang v8 with a locked rear would be a lot of fun. It would be like a old dirt tracker... Which i watch alot of, lucas oil late model dirt track series. v8 tube frame, fiberglass body, powerglide 2 speed, wide tires, sideways. i would run a locker in the rear, like a drag locker. Since it would never see asphalt, it would be fine. And just throw that thing around like a short tracker... That would be alot of fun actually. maybe talk my father, or if i get a good job again. save up and buy a older mustang.. and rallycross it. big carb, locked rear end. open headers, dirt tires. that would be a absolute riot on the gravel of wilson! :lol:

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