CloseHere some pics from a great track-day on last saturday in Hockenheim. The event was organised by "Speer-Racing" - just 40 cars on the track.
Plus a video with some action 
caused by the lost oil of an Ariel Atom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8a1hKPqvjs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
May 23, 2011 9:51:53 AM
May 23, 2011 10:10:53 AM
Thanks 
Yes the situation was very scary, because I passed the Lambo just before the spin and he was not far behind me...
Last week I have seen the Nordschleife Video of the italian guy, who destroyed his Exige S because of oil on the track - I never thougt I will repeat his experience so fast.
I really have done a lot of laps in Hockenheim, but I had no chance to avoid that spin - really scary. But the driver of the orange Elise and the 211 experienced the same...
After the spin I was sure that I had a blown tyre or a broken toe link. But I could not see anything in the pits. At that point I was ready to sell my car and to start playing Golf Than I heard about the oil on the track.
If you watch closely the video, you can see that AWD or ESP/PSM is helpfull under these conditions.
No damage to any car 
- the track was closed for 15 Minutes for cleaning up the oil.
Blueflame
Porker:
Funny video, luckily no damage for anyone (apart from the Atom owner I assume). At the time you passed, were you already yellow flagged to warn you about the spill?
Sadly, no flags at all - big mistake by the marshalls
. After two more spins the session was red-flagged.
Blueflame
May 23, 2011 11:12:50 AM
blueflame:
Last week I have seen the Nordschleife Video of the italian guy, who destroyed his Exige S because of oil on the track - I never thougt I will repeat his experience so fast.
Luckily you really did not repeat the experience, as your car didn't suffer any damage
I wonder why there was no Marshal around (I understood from the Speer homepage that there would be Marshals taking care of the track safety ?).
An oil spill behind a blind fast corner is the thing which scares me most when having fun in the Eifel.
Selling your car and starting to play Golf - hahaha, I know what you mean. I recently had exactly the same feeling when my car's rear unexpectedly stepped out at Miss-Hit-Miss and I only calmed down after knowing that a friend in his new GT3 RS had exactly the same moment at the very same spot only a minute or so before me
Anyway, with 40 cars only I'm sure you had a lot of fun 
Certainly different from the Touristenfahrten at HHR. I never attended those but judging from what some friends are telling a busy TF day at the Nordschleife must be "cosy" in comparison 
A well organised trackday is always the best option
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May 24, 2011 10:17:18 AM
The hardest braking point is at the end of the curved Parabolica on the approach to the hairpin 
This involves a speed reduction from around 250 km/h down to around 50 km/h. It's brutal on the car and on the driver too
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May 24, 2011 10:30:30 AM
easy_rider911:
The hardest braking point is at the end of the curved Parabolica on the approach to the hairpin
Your are right - but my brother was at pits with his camera - so no pics from Parabolica.
BTW with the Elise SC I have there a top speed of just 220 km/h, but we brake for the hairpin just before the 100m sign... - try that in your 997s
Blueflame
May 24, 2011 10:49:20 AM
Interesting - I was easily reaching around 230 km/h in Parabolica - but I was holding back - I could have gone at 250 km/h (maybe 260 km/h max) but I was playing it safe.
As for braking before the Spitzkehre hairpin, I used to play it safe - I started braking at the 150 metre board and went down to around 60 km/h with a sweet late turn-in.
My favourite parts though were:
1) the Mercedes Arena - it was a sweet feeling doing 2 consecutive left turns with the same steering position, and
2) the Sachs Kurve section is sublime - I really loved it because it was so easy to slide the car around the tight left turn even at low speeds
Brings back fond memories - I really loved my track day at Hockenheim
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Thanks for sharing.
Have you seen that idiot with the silver 911 at 00:31? He knows there is something wrong but he still passes the car in front of him. Dumb, dumb, dumb... 
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I'm glad the oil spilling didn't result in any material damages (except for the Atom) or worse. 
