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At Croft at the weekend. Started second lap of the day when I heard a loud bang/rattle under the car as we were on the start/finish straight. All felt Ok but for some reason I decide to test the brakes before we got to the braking point of Clervaux - you guessed no brakes. Managed to scrub speed off with gentle use of the handbrake and some frantic pumping.
Returned to the pits to find something had hit the drivers rear braded hose right on to its union and bent it enough to split it.
Lesson learned always try your brakes when you hear something usual. In the past I would have just kept an eye on the gauges etc. do not know what made me do a brake check. I am pretty sure the gravel trap would have saved us as it was wet so would not have been going that fast but if it had been dry!
I was unable to fix it trackside so game over.
Croft staff were really concerned about it as they do a circuit check for debris before the track is opened. So had another check but could not find what had caused it.
Returned to the pits to find something had hit the drivers rear braded hose right on to its union and bent it enough to split it.
Lesson learned always try your brakes when you hear something usual. In the past I would have just kept an eye on the gauges etc. do not know what made me do a brake check. I am pretty sure the gravel trap would have saved us as it was wet so would not have been going that fast but if it had been dry!
I was unable to fix it trackside so game over.
Croft staff were really concerned about it as they do a circuit check for debris before the track is opened. So had another check but could not find what had caused it.
I bet there was some frantic pumping!
Other V8 Supercar fans might've noticed the drivers doing this on longer straights - testing the pedal with the left foot for pressure before the braking zone. Better to do that than turn up at the braking zone north of 160 mph to find no brakes...
Other V8 Supercar fans might've noticed the drivers doing this on longer straights - testing the pedal with the left foot for pressure before the braking zone. Better to do that than turn up at the braking zone north of 160 mph to find no brakes...
motorhole said:
I bet there was some frantic pumping!
Other V8 Supercar fans might've noticed the drivers doing this on longer straights - testing the pedal with the left foot for pressure before the braking zone. Better to do that than turn up at the braking zone north of 160 mph to find no brakes...
That's all about pad knock off. Tapping the pedal sits the pads in the right place ready for when they are needed.Other V8 Supercar fans might've noticed the drivers doing this on longer straights - testing the pedal with the left foot for pressure before the braking zone. Better to do that than turn up at the braking zone north of 160 mph to find no brakes...
OP was lucky - Brake failure isn't great anywhere on any circuit, but you're lucky it wasn't at Tower or Sunny In!
I guess Tower would not be a problem as long as you did not try to turn in the field! But Sunny would hurt I guess. I do remember trying to tell my passenger to get the hazards on, as putting the right indicator would have mislead the folk behind into trying to pass when I was thinking I was going to bale off into the kitty litter on the left right in their path!
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