Video of First Green Lap, Day 1
Yours truly was driving the TARP Clown Car for the start of the race on Day 1 of North Dallas Hooptie. When the race went green flag, we were on the back part of the course. Coming into Turn 11 — the last turn on the course, also a double-apex hairpin) I was gaining ground on the pack in front of me when a black car in front of me lunched its engine. Full boom! Bottom end exploded, huge holes in the block. I saw the accessory belt depart the car and an oil mist go up and immediately thought to myself, “self, this does not end well.” And it didn’t, as you can see from the video below. Keep an eye on the rear-view camera, that’s me spinning off into the infield Spy Hunter-style thanks to the oil slick laid down by the car that has the video:
Unfortunately, our onboard camera got knocked to full-zoom for my first run, so we don’t have video from our camera for this incident. After I discovered that error, our camera went great for the rest of the race. I need to compile a highlights video at some point…
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