Wow. I was going to provide a racing explanation, but it sorta seems pointless after that most excellent scientific one. Awesome explanation, for sure. For the sake of further explanation of what exactly occurred in this particular incident, I am adding the following.
There was speedy dry on the track that had not been properly cleaned up. Two cars prior, the cat dropped oil through those turns (1 and 2), so NASCAR put out the kitty litter to dry it up. The 00 car (the one that wrecked) entered the corner in exactly the same racing "line" as the oil dry was in. That is the "smoke" that you see come from the rear of his vehicle. It is actually just dust he kicked up from running through the oil dry. Once he hit that stuff, the chances of him not spinning were basically zero. However, and this is where the "rookie mistake" came into play, he very well could have kept the car off the wall. As Adam explained, the mistake was turning right to correct the spin. What he was supposed to do is lock the wheels left and stomp on the gas. Doing this would likely keep him from hitting the outside retaining wall, instead spinning down the track. This motion would scrub lots of speed off the car, at which point he would be able to jump on the brakes and keep the car going straight (essentially doing a 180 or possibly even a 360). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258082 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
