Hit the right gear, or hit the wall.

[19COBRA93]

This happened Friday night at my track. I was in the pits right near the traps when this happened. This was a brand new '14 GT with 800 miles on it. He hit 2nd gear instead of 4th and locked up the rear. He came out of it without a scratch, but the car was not so lucky.

Anyway, I've seen this happen a lot lately it seems, so be careful out there.

 

[05yellowgt]

Clutch to the floor man!!! Glad the driver is ok.

 

[BadPiggy]

I think that'll probably be ok with a good PDR man.

 

[fdjizm]

And that gentleman is why you backhand 4th gear.

 

[stkjock]

I did that once in my 06GT years back, scared the crap out of me, locked up the rear tires, fortunately the car never got out of shape.

 

[Department Of Boost]

Needs a driver mod.

 

[Wicked GT]

/\/\/\ No shit! Instant reaction should be to put the clutch pedal through the floor...

 

[psfracer]

And now with this on the internetz......looks like he is going to have 5 years worth of payments with no car.

 

[fdjizm]

My attitude is you pay to play, I don't expect anyone to cover my car if I wrecked it on the track.
I am pretty sure it's common knowledge it's not covered, I know the risks I take racing.
Besides insurance fraud is pretty serious and can fuck up your life more than a 30k car can.

 

[Fullboogie]

Shit, I threw my 92 GT into REVERSE at the top end of the track once. Rear end bounced all over the place for an instant until I put the clutch in. Car worked perfectly after that - no tranny issues. Score one for the T5.

 

[psfracer]

My attitude is you pay to play, I don't expect anyone to cover my car if I wrecked it on the track.
I am pretty sure it's common knowledge it's not covered, I know the risks I take racing.
Besides insurance fraud is pretty serious and can fuck up your life more than a 30k car can.

Preaching to the choir of course. I was just saying if he was going to attempt some shenanigans, he definitely is not now.

If he came out of this without even a trip to the hospital, then he is lucky. Just a short 2-3 day stay can be $50K.

 

[19COBRA93]

And now with this on the internetz......looks like he is going to have 5 years worth of payments with no car.

If there's a silver lining here, he traded two cars in on this, and only owes $6k. So at least, he'll be able to part it out enough to cover more than what he owes. That will still leave nearly $20k down the drain, but at least he won't be paying on it for years to come.

I looked at it pretty close after it was hauled back to the pits. I think it's fixable. But it won't be cheap. Super nice guy too. It sucks.

 

[Boaisy]

MT-82 problems.

Mine won't even let me go into 2nd if I'm at a speed to go into 4th. Unless he just wasn't going that fast RPM wise.

 

[Unreal]

Saw a 2012 tag the wall on the 1-2 shift at RMR. Seen a few get close trying to stay in it on stock cars with TC off.

 

[Johnf78]

If there's a silver lining here, he traded two cars in on this, and only owes $6k. So at least, he'll be able to part it out enough to cover more than what he owes. That will still leave nearly $20k down the drain, but at least he won't be paying on it for years to come.

I looked at it pretty close after it was hauled back to the pits. I think it's fixable. But it won't be cheap. Super nice guy too. It sucks.

I don't know..... $4,000 for the motor and $50.00 for the mt-82 puts him at $4050.

I guess he could always sell some in interior parts.

All seriousness it's a good thing he is ok. That's really all that matters.

 

[joeymustang]

I was also there, that definitely sucked. Glad the driver was ok. I almost hit the wall last time there with street tires. They are just not forgiving in that track. I won't go again unless I get some slicks.

 

[fdjizm]

I've never been in this position but I have tried to down shift from 4th to 2nd with the clutch in and the stick just won't go in... I can't see how that would get forced in, doesn't the new tranny have some safeguards against that?

 

[TGR96]

This happened Friday night at my track. I was in the pits right near the traps when this happened. This was a brand new '14 GT with 800 miles on it. He hit 2nd gear instead of 4th and locked up the rear. He came out of it without a scratch, but the car was not so lucky.

Anyway, I've seen this happen a lot lately it seems, so be careful out there.


http://s531.photobucket.com/user/19cobra93/media/IMG_98011_zps21d648d4.jpg.html

So I assume he still had the stock shifter?

 

[skwerl]

I've never been in this position but I have tried to down shift from 4th to 2nd with the clutch in and the stick just won't go in... I can't see how that would get forced in, doesn't the new tranny have some safeguards against that?

His GT500 doesn't have a 3650.

 

[fdjizm]

His GT500 doesn't have a 3650.

Are you saying my 3650 is moar better?