My experience of being on two wheels, that one time, was that you have
no time to react that you are on two wheels. I realized when I hit the
ground that I was on two.
Mark you were at the same event. I was chasing the rearend all through
a bunch of offsets that led to a quick 90 degree turn. Once I turned
the wheel left for the 90 degree turn, the rear stopped sliding and just
hooked. There was an asphalt change there, but nothing that I thought
was a big deal walking the course ( meaning no abrupt bumps or layer
differences). I just remember when the rearend slopped sliding it got
quiet.
The front end was not very high compared to the rear end I was told. I
was also told it was like the left rear was trying to flip to the front
right corner. I was just lucky I was turning left instead of right.
Without driver my neon was 100 lbs heavier on the left side. I also
think this is what caused my two struts to blow, which is why I changed
cars at Nationals. My left rear and right front struts were the ones
that blew.
I also feel course designs should be designed counter-clockwise due to
having the driver less prone to being able to flip a car. WHen a course
is clockwise you usually have more key turns to the right which puts the
driver on the outside. The course I was on was clockwise, but I
happened to chose the one key left turn to get on two.
--Brian Priebe
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