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I must be mad..........!
carpmart - 2/11/09 at 10:53 PM

Surprise surprise, it was declared a wet race at Cadwell on Sunday. Wet wasn't very accurate, monsoon would have been a more appropriate description.

I looked at my in car footage from the qualification session and I really do need my head testing! Aquaplaning in a straight line on light throttle!

Thought I would share it with you and ask, has anyone raced in worse rain?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQe5kKMLFE

Richard Quinn - 2/11/09 at 10:59 PM

I've raced rwd Autograss in similar conditions where it is mud rather than water.
But, yes, you are mad. We all are!

As a slight aside, what shift light / dash is that? Looks quite effective even in those conditions

Chippy - 2/11/09 at 11:33 PM

Yes raced in pretty much the same sort of conditions, but I only had two wheels, sorta slippery it was, :-) :-) Cheers Ray

miikae - 2/11/09 at 11:36 PM

Oh yes totally raving mad , but having said that i take my hat off to you, as i know only too well how much it rained that day as i am only a few miles from Cadwell, oh have you dried out yet?

Mike

carpmart - 3/11/09 at 07:24 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
I've raced rwd Autograss in similar conditions where it is mud rather than water.
But, yes, you are mad. We all are!

As a slight aside, what shift light / dash is that? Looks quite effective even in those conditions


I can't remember the name of them but its an Aussie company and I bought them a couple of years back when I was in Sydney!

They were not set-up very well as I had been 'playing' with them the day before!

David Jenkins - 3/11/09 at 08:59 AM

I was driving along the M25 & M4 on Sunday morning in that rain...

roadrunner - 3/11/09 at 10:25 AM

Definitely mad, did you have a problem with your helmet.

carpmart - 3/11/09 at 10:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
Definitely mad, did you have a problem with your helmet.


Yes I did on the last lap or so, the rip and roll film got water under it, then the visor steamed up, so I opened the front, then couldn't see a bloody thing!

As Richard Quinn says in his post, at least it water and not mud! I have raced with a lot of mud before but never with as much water so never with aquaplaning like that!

MikeRJ - 3/11/09 at 12:26 PM

I can remember a tarmac rally at Smeatharpe (near Honiton) in torrential rain. The standing water was so deep you couldn't actually see a lot of the track so cars ended up driving over completely random bits of the course at 5mph until they decided it was just too silly and went home. Or at least tried to...the road back to Plymouth was completely flooded.

[Edited on 3/11/09 by MikeRJ]

Mr Whippy - 3/11/09 at 03:28 PM

Did once kart in heavy snow, wouldn’t really call it a race as no one could see a damn thing once the helmets had started to fill up with snow and then it turned into more like fun fare dodgem stuff just skidding into each other, still it was a right laugh. Snow and slicks don’t mix

speedyxjs - 3/11/09 at 05:20 PM

Now that looks like fun