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Originally Posted by Christien
I've probably done 50 or 60 track days, so maybe no veteran, but hardly a rookie either. I've only ever seen a big fluid spill once, and in fact was involved in it. 4 or 5 of us in a train and the lead guy sheared a coolant line, IIRC. If you know Mosport, by any chance, this was at the bottom of 4, preparing for 5, which is the hairpin. We all got nice and squiggly, but because everyone was driving sanely nobody crashed. We all pitted in for a debrief and cleanup, but no carnage.
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We all like happy endings.
My "home" track, Pacific Raceways, is notoriously unforgiving. Very little to no runoff in any of the corners, to where it has not kept up with certification to host any event for the big kids. I've seen too many damaged cars towed out of there that would have only required a change of shorts at other venues.
Fortunately, we now have a new track in the town of Shelton, WA, known as Ridge Motorsports Park. The place is freakin' awesome. I've only been there twice, but the sheer magnitude of the "nothing to hit" is very confidence inspiring. Hopefully it makes Pacific step up their game a bit...