Almost died...well sort of...

A few weeks ago I attended a track day with PDA and Motorsportsne at Pocono International Speedway East. I normally have 3 goals at every track day. 1) Have fun 2) don't go off 3) don't die. I try not to over complicate things as these 3 things have worked for me so far :)

It was about our 4th session of the day and after realizing I was going in too hot into the 2nd turn after Nascar induced some snap oversteer turning in. I of course corrected and after turning the wheel opposite lock for the 2nd time going about 85 MPH the little voice inside my head said "Joon, you're kinda screwed". We (super Dan was my passenger) held a drift for about 5 seconds after running out of track went off sideways into the dirt. It was kind of funny as going into the dirt sideways threw about 5 pounds of dirt into Dan's lap. Dirt managed to pack itself in between the tire and the rim on the right rear and the brackets for the eccentric bolts that hold the rear toe broke but other that that the car was okay.

Not too much drama, no addrenaline, not even shaken up. I guess after you do enough track time all those feelings go away. I think this worries me a little bit and like I said before a lot of things are going on upstairs nowadays :)

Not to worry my autocross buddies too much but I decided last year I'm going to try and start club racing in a few years. I think changing jobs is ultimately going to help with that effort as racing requires a lot of money and the ability to take time off to travel to venues. Next couple of years I'm going to try and participate in NASA TT to see if this is ultimately what I want to do but life throws a lot of curveballs so we'll see.