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      10-04-2010, 12:33 PM   #12
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3. Non driver error, but loss of brakes. Driver doesn't check brakes between sessions and one of the pads is used up, piston moves all the way out, slightly bending the backing plate, and all the brake fluid leaves the car. Next corner there is no brakes and the car goes straight off at speed. I have personally seen this scenario two times. in the last one, a MINI Cooper at GingerMan Raceway went straight off at corner 1 (90+ MPH), cleared the gravel trap, hit a berm and gets launched at leat 20 feet in the air, doing a one and a half rotation in the air, land on the nose, do another two flips in the air and landing smack on the roof.
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Scott
Wow, never heard of this one before. Didn't know the fluid could leak out that way. Bet you'd never know either. crazy.
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