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Originally Posted by tooslow
Glad you're relatively okay and the car certainly looks like it can be repaired. However, am I going to be the only one to ask why, if the weather conditions were so poor, you would have been doing 80mph on a public road?
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Three words: Tree was green.
One end was clear, but it sprinkled JUST enough for me to slip on my side and pass behind the other guy while I slowed to try to regain traction.
I last saw the spedo at 80ish but probably hit around 55-60 on the high side. Ended up being the canary in the coal mine because right after the cleanup, they shut the track down for the day.
Afterwards other drivers told me that they were yelling at the tower to flag off the two pairs ahead of me; but it just wasn't slick enough until my tires met that particular part of the track.
So I wound up sliding backwards along the wall in 4th gear..