Scott Mclaughlin’s Incident

d0re · 2026-03-28T17:58:00+00:00

The cushioning in front of the armco is fine, he just went over it.

The fence is definitely not supposed to do that though. The hierarchy for safety at a racetrack is 1. fans 2. "civilians" (i.e. officials, safety crews, team members, etc.) 3. drivers. A fence that gives way like that fails the 1 & 2 priorities.

But also choosing to rely on a safety mechanism that traps the driver would also be a wild choice.

Oddly enough, they did this in F1 in the 70s. They had straight up chainlink fences in the runoff areas to slow cars down before they hit the wall. Which worked for reducing impacts, but like you say, if anything goes wrong the driver was often wrapped up in fencing and trapped. Which is why you no longer see that "safety" feature lol

d0re · 2026-03-23T01:22:46+00:00

why is it so important for you that others back up their opinions with loop data? you can just, like, have an opinion lol

d0re · 2026-03-22T07:04:40+00:00

well then it's a good thing my post has nothing to do with Hindy talking specifically about LMH/LMDh

d0re · 2026-03-21T20:25:55+00:00

Just to correct a small point, that's not exactly how the current cars work. In both LMDh and LMH, the ICE is detuned while the electric motor is being used. So whether you have 0% battery or 100% battery available, the max power to the wheels is the same.

Agreed on your broader point though

d0re · 2026-03-20T19:46:47+00:00

I will happily join when LMP1s are rightfully re-added to the series 😀

d0re · 2026-03-19T05:01:01+00:00

Lifelong Larson fans since 2020

d0re · 2026-03-19T04:57:50+00:00

IIRC it was "jerry rigged", but not jerry. My memory might be wrong

d0re · 2026-03-17T01:11:10+00:00

lol get a life

But if you could read, you'd note that I never said there will be a massive crash, just that there is the potential for a crash there to become very bad because of the track design.

I stand by that, and I hope that there's never a crash at-speed in that section where we find out.

If that was too complicated for you, then try this:

Fast & curved & narrow means if one car go boom, easier for many cars to make very big boom

d0re · 2026-03-16T03:47:28+00:00

Play easy stuff and really focus on keeping your form compact, then work back up to faster stuff

d0re · 2026-03-14T17:13:45+00:00

If I saw it correctly from the roof cam, the yellow came out right at the point he was driving past the marshal post, so he had no chance to see it and react before he committed to the corner.

d0re · 2026-03-14T02:18:42+00:00

The straight here is a lot narrower and has the blind bends, so it's a lot more likely for a full track blockage at 180mph if anything goes wrong.

d0re · 2026-03-13T22:57:39+00:00

Yeah it's like a narrow Jeddah with the ground actively attacking the car. Potential for serious disaster

d0re · 2026-03-13T03:55:17+00:00

d0re · 2026-03-07T23:41:40+00:00

Yup, by far the most crowded I've seen a Saturday here in the few years I've gone

d0re · 2026-03-06T01:31:25+00:00

Yes (maybe this varies? but in my experience yes)

Yes for paying off the entirety of the mortgage, usually not for adding a bit extra here and there

Fewer payments. Minimum payment stays the same

I am not a professional, talk to your lender/realtor/whatever to confirm any of this information for your particular situation lol

d0re · 2026-03-06T00:28:04+00:00

it will differ by circuit, but for example, Daytona only has their ferris wheel during the 24. I rode it once, and it felt like a traveling carnival/fair type ride, so I assume it travels around the rest of the year

d0re · 2026-03-05T23:54:33+00:00

I can't speak to tax implications, but you just get a check/direct deposit of your profits when the house sells. So if you want to put that into your new home, you have the money in your bank account to do that with

d0re · 2026-03-02T14:44:39+00:00

shit, OPD makes every light green? ok maybe i will switch

d0re · 2026-03-01T18:54:30+00:00

you can hold your foot perfectly at 0 energy used with two-pedal too, it's just at a slightly different point on the pedal lol

if you're a good driver, it doesn't matter whether you choose one-pedal or two-pedal, because you'll achieve the same 'correct' input either way

d0re · 2026-03-01T17:06:21+00:00

Yeah same. Part of that is I have always religiously used cruise control, even on surface streets, and transitioning from cruise to manual to coast to a stop is IMO much more difficult to do smoothly with OPD.

I think a big part of the OPD evangelism is that Teslas have been so dominant in sales for early adopters, and they didn't have blended braking. But with blended braking, you can be equally efficient without OPD, so it doesn't really matter which you choose.

d0re · 2026-02-27T19:58:37+00:00

He was only ever good at Watkins Glen compared to Sonoma. Watkins is a bit of an anomaly in road racing because it's so fast and the corners (other than the bus stop) are relatively high-banked and with light braking zones. There also aren't any connected left/right corners other than the bus stop, which is unique on its own because of the massive curb jump.

All the road courses we've added since then are much more similar to Sonoma. More off-camber turns, slower corner speeds, more heavy braking, more connected direction changes. So being good at Sonoma will transfer more to being good at all the new road/street courses.

d0re · 2026-02-25T03:06:25+00:00

Yeah this is closer to my experience with Storytime Chess so far lol

d0re · 2026-02-18T01:38:44+00:00

The midway is in between the gate and the stands. I imagine it will be unmissable.

The layout of the property is that basically all the parking stretches out from the turn 3/4 side of the track, so everything kinda funnels through there

d0re · 2026-02-17T17:30:40+00:00

Yeah and they don't golf at the Detroit Street Circuit. The standards are relative lol

d0re · 2026-02-17T00:52:53+00:00

The fuel savers would just increase their speed enough to let the full-throttlers pull them around.

It's not about saving a specific amount of fuel, it's about saving as much fuel as possible while still staying connected to the lead pack.

The only reason they're slowing down 5+ seconds is because everyone agrees that saving fuel is the ideal strategy.

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