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Originally posted by Cobra-R
Awful hard to see anything with any detail as you said, but did you run over the inside rumble strips and that caused your rear end to step out, or am all all wet on what really happend?
Brian
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No, I was right on line when it stepped out. I tried shifting while in the turn and it didn't go into gear. The combination of an off-camber turn, 100+ mph and weight shifting forward caused the rear to spin around.
It actually happened well past the apex and just a little before exit.
In hindsight, which is always really good, I should not have shifted in the turn. I had been shifting there all day, but on this lap I was probably about 5 mph faster in that turn. I was afraid of hitting the rev limiter in the turn, so I went ahead and shifted. What I should have done, and will in the future, is shifted coming down the hill before the turn. It would have meant a slower exit speed, but it would also have meant a straight car that would make it to turn 1.
Tom