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Can someone please explain what happened. I've seen the video a few times now, so I saw what happened but I am completely ignorant of either regs or etiquettes
by jbigelow76 4y ago
Can someone please explain what happened. I've seen the video a few times now, so I saw what happened but I am completely ignorant of either regs or etiquettes that allowed it to happen. It's a race right? I would assume grinding your car up against a wall would slow it down somewhat. Why were all the cars in the lower part of the screen going so much slower in a still live race that something like what happened could work?
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoSpeeding up would mean loss of control of the car in a turn, so the driver used the wall to maintain stability while pushing the pedal to the metal. Drivers aren't supposed to hug walls like that.
- Karawebnetwork 4y agoDoing this, he could let go of the steering wheel and put the pedal to the metal. Usually when doing turns like this one you need to slow down and assert perfect control on the car. Essentially, he "became a train on tracks" while everyone was still cars. The walls also have special protections over them that made it possible, you probably couldn't do that on a regular concrete wall.
- pmontra 4y agoThe cars inside are going as fast as they can, with only the grip of their tires keeping them in the race line. The car along the wall can go much faster, as fast as it engine can push it because the wall keeps the car in the track. The grip of the tires is not the limit anymore. Unfortunately the wall also destroys the car so this is a trick that can't be done more than once per race. If they don't agree not to do it again everybody will have to race like that on the last lap of those short tracks, to defend from the drivers behind. The costs for the car and maybe for the track (restoring the walls?) will be substantial. Check the pictures of the right side of the #1 car.