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by **Kerry Gran** » Wed, 02 Jul 1997 04:00:00

I was driving to work today and it was raining and the road was
extremely wet. It was very humid and my windows began to fog up. I
turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

Dag gum spiders!!!!

Kerry Grant

by **Scott Sanfor** » Thu, 03 Jul 1997 04:00:00

I had a similar incident about a year ago in the rain in a borrowed truck I
was coming out of a turn on the interstate and the rear in slid out from
under me and I started heading right for a concrete barrier with cars to
the side and behind me. I managed to pull it out of the slide with about a
foot to spare and without anyone rear ending me and the whole time I was
going thank god I spin out so much in NASCAR so I know what to do.

by **Nigel Nichol** » Thu, 03 Jul 1997 04:00:00

Good on Ya, and glad ya still with us.

--

Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports
Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy
Hamilton
New Zealand

by **Craig Hopki** » Thu, 03 Jul 1997 04:00:00

ROFL! I am so glad you are okay and I am not trying to poke fun at
you but ...

" ... jerked the wheel to the right ... jerked the wheel to the left
... fighting the steering wheel back and forth ... AND skillful" ..
don't seem to belong in the same paragraph.

Perhaps the man upstairs deserves the most credit.

Happy racing!

Craig

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by **Tom J. Ma** » Thu, 03 Jul 1997 04:00:00

I thought they teach you these stuff in drivers ed

>>I was driving to work today and it was raining and the road was
>>extremely wet. It was very humid and my windows began to fog up. I
>>turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
>>flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
>>so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
>>I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
>>heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
>>foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
>>over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
>>steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
>>attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
>>and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

>>Dag gum spiders!!!!

>>Kerry Grant

by **Patrick O'Nea** » Fri, 04 Jul 1997 04:00:00

Nice going, Kerry! Yeah, those red spiders get very aggressive when
they're trying to keep from going a lap down! <g>

Patrick.
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> I was driving to work today and it was raining and the road was
> extremely wet. It was very humid and my windows began to fog up. I
> turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
> flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
> so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
> I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
> heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
> foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
> over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
> steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
> attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
> and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

> Dag gum spiders!!!!

> Kerry Grant

by **myke** » Fri, 04 Jul 1997 04:00:00

> I was driving to work today and it was raining and the road was
> extremely wet. It was very humid and my windows began to fog up. I
> turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
> flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
> so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
> I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
> heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
> foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
> over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
> steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
> attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
> and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

> Dag gum spiders!!!!

> Kerry Grant

But wasn't it Nascar 2's fault you were half asleep?

Those many hours you've spent on NASCAR 2 when you should have been
sleeping. :)

mykey

by **Brian Simps** » Fri, 04 Jul 1997 04:00:00

I did something like that myself :).

It was about the time that I started racing on Hawaii during the
closed beta. I was racing with N1 a every second I could, especially
now that I was so pumped up after racing actual people. I was driving
down a 4 lane road when the guy next to me started pulling into my
lane. I never realized he was there until I was almost on the curb,
but I had unconciously kept him about an inch off my bumper the entire
time. I had been racing the sim so much I never thought twice about
it <G>. My fiance on the other hand, wasn't exactly pleased ;P.

--
Brian Simpson
IWCCCARS Designer

by **James Litt** » Sat, 05 Jul 1997 04:00:00

Just to back up what others are saying. N2, and other racing sims
have improved my driving. There were a few instances last winter
where I was sliding around in the snow and ice, in one case, while
crossing a bridge. If I didn't drive so much using the simulators and
purposely getting myself in trouble in the sims and learning to
correct it, my reaction times would have been much slower.

Also, I do a little autocrossing and I've noticed that my ability to
get through corners has improved as a result of using GP2 and ICR2.

Hey, who needs driving school? Let's make using a racing sim
mandatory for getting a license. :)

James

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by **Don RInk** » Sat, 05 Jul 1997 04:00:00

>> turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
>> flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
>> so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
>> I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
>> heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
>> foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
>> over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
>> steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
>> attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
>> and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

>> Dag gum spiders!!!!

THose little plastic wheels in the kiddie saftey seats look real don't they?
Maybe mommy will let you sit up front when you're bigger. Does the little
horn on the whell make the beep beep sound for you while your stupidly
whippping the wheel around? Don't jerk and scream in the car little man
or the real driver might get upset.
What a maroon.

by **Patrick O'Nea** » Sat, 05 Jul 1997 04:00:00

> >> turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
> >> flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
> >> so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
> >> I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
> >> heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
> >> foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
> >> over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
> >> steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
> >> attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
> >> and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

> >> Dag gum spiders!!!!

> THose little plastic wheels in the kiddie saftey seats look real don't they?
> Maybe mommy will let you sit up front when you're bigger. Does the little
> horn on the whell make the beep beep sound for you while your stupidly
> whippping the wheel around? Don't jerk and scream in the car little man
> or the real driver might get upset.
> What a maroon.

"Drinker"? That figures...

Why don't you take your no-sense-of-humor, mean-spirited attitude and
go sit in the back of the room and be quiet.

Patrick.
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by **Tom J. Ma** » Sat, 05 Jul 1997 04:00:00

Hey it is better than some old lady driving down the highway at 100 miles an
hour with their eyes close

>>> turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
>>> flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
>>> so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
>>> I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
>>> heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
>>> foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
>>> over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
>>> steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
>>> attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
>>> and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

>>> Dag gum spiders!!!!

>THose little plastic wheels in the kiddie saftey seats look real don't
they?
>Maybe mommy will let you sit up front when you're bigger. Does the little
>horn on the whell make the beep beep sound for you while your stupidly
>whippping the wheel around? Don't jerk and scream in the car little man
>or the real driver might get upset.
>What a maroon.

by **John Courtn** » Sat, 05 Jul 1997 04:00:00

Hi,
It's good to see that everyone is ok after there close calls.
Maybe I should let my sister driver the sim, she has been driving for
a couple years now, it would be a great defensive driving program! I
could turn off the spotter and test her spacial(sp) awareness. I
could also crank the races up to about 2000 miles to test indurance
(Isn't my sister lucky to have a bro like me!)

John

by **bsi..** » Sun, 06 Jul 1997 04:00:00

>>>> turned on my defroster when a red object that looked like a spider came
>>>> flying at me. Well I am scared to death of spiders and I was half asleep
>>>> so I screamed and jerked.Well I was holding the wheel when I jerked and
>>>> I turned the car suddenly to the right and begun to slide and I was
>>>> heading straight for a guardrail which protected cars from about a 100
>>>> foot drop. I came to my senses and jerked the wheel to the left but I
>>>> over corrected and I was now heading for the median, after fighting the
>>>> steering wheel back and forth I finally brought the car under control. I
>>>> attribute my skillful save to the many hours I have spent on NASCAR 2
>>>> and to the man upstairs. Whewwwwww.............

>>>> Dag gum spiders!!!!

>>THose little plastic wheels in the kiddie saftey seats look real don't
>they?
>>Maybe mommy will let you sit up front when you're bigger. Does the little
>>horn on the whell make the beep beep sound for you while your stupidly
>>whippping the wheel around? Don't jerk and scream in the car little man
>>or the real driver might get upset.
>>What a maroon.

> >Hey it is better than some old lady driving down the highway at 100 miles an
>hour with their eyes close

I've really enjoyed this thread begun by Kerry Grant's narrative of
his near-death experience, saved in the nick of time by using skills
honed in NASCAR2.......until the last couple of posts....what is it
about this group that attracts so many hammerheads...I have to update
my killfile way too often here.

Ben Sides
Sides Racing Inc.

by **Craig Hopki** » Sun, 06 Jul 1997 04:00:00

On Fri, 04 Jul 1997 08:09:46 -0700, Patrick O'Neal

>> THose little plastic wheels in the kiddie saftey seats look real don't they?
>> Maybe mommy will let you sit up front when you're bigger. Does the little
>> horn on the whell make the beep beep sound for you while your stupidly
>> whippping the wheel around? Don't jerk and scream in the car little man
>> or the real driver might get upset.
>> What a maroon.

>"Drinker"? That figures...

>Why don't you take your no-sense-of-humor, mean-spirited attitude and
>go sit in the back of the room and be quiet.

>Patrick.
>--

Well said Patrick.

Craig

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