Then again...... There are those of us that will toss the car into a spin
deliberately when the chute fails to open at 200 and there are a bunch of
ATV's and dirt bikes parked at the back door at El Mirage..........
Ed V
-----Original Message-----
From: dan warner [mailto:dwarner230@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 07:46 PM
To: drmayf@mayfco.com, 'LSR', 'Rick Byrnes'
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Spins or Slides on the Salt...
Rick, Thank you: "I think the cause of spins tends to be over-reacting to the
yaw that can and does occur, ... and too quick a throttle pedal." = Red Hat
Fever DW --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Rick Byrnes wrote: From: Rick Byrnes Subject: Re:
[Land-speed] Spins or Slides on the Salt... To: drmayf@mayfco.com, "LSR" Date:
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 6:53 PM OK Doc I joined the spin out club in 92 (I
think). 50 Years old. Car #224. After rains made the course pretty mushy, I
did some loops with the Merkur in the 3rd mile. Warner is wrong though. At
that point I wasn't really close enough to 200 that I had the fever. That
happened the next year and the years that followed with speeds right around
200, but no two back to back... I think the cause of spins tends to be
over-reacting to the yaw that can and does occur, and this is a function of
seat time. (and too fast steering ratio, and too quick a throttle pedal.) I
don't believe its about age directly, as in 07 with the Fusion, I had lots of
correcting to do at the high end and no real stability problems. SEAT TIME
that 14 years helped with. Plus practicing in the snow and slush of
southeastern Michigan. I joke about that, but actually do practice looking out
toward the horizon while the tail end of my van is moving all around while
accelerating faster than conditions allow. I think it is good training, as
long as there are no other cars to hit. I've gone around that way too, but I'm
still convinced it is good training. Wanna trade houses for a few years? For
the most part I think there are two kind of drivers at Bonneville. Those who
have done pirouettes and those that will. Rick
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