That is a question I would have never wanted the answer too, but unfortnately had the displeasure of answering this past weekend.
(pic and videos below)
Jekyl and Hyde were both at the huge Kingston Canada MR2 meet (nearly 100 Mr2s there) this past weekend. Friday night we enjoyed free track time on the Fabi Circuit at Shannonville Raceway.
The front straight is a 1/4-mile long and on my second lap I had Hyde up over 120 mph as I approached the braking zone ... got on the brakes and total fade.
The car was slowing, but not stopping and there was no way I was going to make turn #1.
My first thought was to go pass the turn as the road still goes straight for a couple of feet and then shoot the car on an angle across the grass. That idea was thrown out as soon as I saw the 2' square, 4"-tall concrete square sitting the grass ... so I had to hold it straight a little longer heading straight for a solid wall with a tire wall in front of it.
I was not fond of the idea of hitting that head on, so I nailed the car to the left as I went by the concrete slap and sent Hyde spinning. Luckily I spun right up along the tire wall and stopped next to it without having any contact.
This is as close to a tire wall as I ever want to be (turn #1 can;t be seen in the photo ... it is way to the right):
I had just passed Bill Strong on the front straight and he had his Chase Cam on as well.
You can see the video in the following link ... I pass him on lap #2.
Vid:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...70231609081856
David Hawkins, owner of twosrus.com was racing Jekyl and a few laps later he spun Jekyl in turn #1. Bill Strong can be seen passing him here:
Hyde had another "off" which I have video of ... did some major landscaping with the car. *sigh* I'll have videos of that later.
Hyde did win 1st place in the modified class of the car show on Saturday!
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What happens when Hyde has complete brake fade at 120+ mph approaching turn 1?
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