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    Almost done packing, still need to wash the car but it is raining this morning. Meeting up with 11 cars from the local Miata Club early tomorrow morning at Cracker Barrel in Murfreesboro TN and taking nothing but backroads to Robbinsville. Really ready for some road time.

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    Well I made it back home in one piece, spent most of Friday at Fontana Village showing Rooster and talking to people about the car and it's history, several folks came by that knew what the car was, some follow both the MR and CR forums and quite a few did not know about the car but asked a lot of questions. At times I wandered around and looked at the other cars and took a lot of pix, will post later when I get them sorted and edited somewhat. Met a lot of nice people with sharp cars. On Sat. we spent the day running the Cherohala Skyway, stopped at Bald River Falls ( I think that's the name), the roads of Six Gap North GA. and Anna Ruby Falls just outside Helen GA. and back to Robbinsville. Sunday morning we packed up and before running the Dragon we stopped at Killboys to pick up last minute shirts, stickers and or patches. We then started out to run the Dragon one last time, we had a mostly clean run, Steve was bringing up the rear and had a motorcycle following a car in front of him and about a mile from the end the van brakes in a straight section then speeds up and a half grown bear cub then runs out in front of the biker, they miss hitting him but the biker pulls off on the shoulder, probably shook him up some. Anyway we had a good time at MATG XIX. While we were up there we kept hearing about an NC going off the road, well US129 Photos caught it on film, here is the link: http://xtremesportsphotography.photo...004&po=0&pc=16

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    I've seen bears run across the Dragon a couple of times. As for the NC, there's always one. Don't be it.
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    Looks like a temp tag on the NC. Ouch.

    Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation.

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    Someone said he locked up all 4 wheels and went off the curve.

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    Judging by the looks of his left fender, this wasn't his first time crashing that car

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    I know how that can happen, it isn't that uncommon. You start getting into the rhythm of the curves, heading downhill, then there is a decreasing radius turn. You are carrying too much momentum when you initiate the corner, then the car begins to under steer. Hitting the brakes only makes it worse and over you go. Add some debris or bravado from spotting the photographers and it compounds the issue.

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    Someone said they think he was looking at & waving to the camera and lost control.

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    I know Daryl (killboy) will not station at sections that are more dangerous. Too many accidents happen when people showboat for the camera.

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    Looking forward to any and all pics and videos from the event.

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    I damn near killed myself on a midnight run about 8 years ago down there, managed to not wreck the car, but it certainly scared me and hurt my ego a bit. Don't try to chase the road race guys in a 300hp turbo Miata, it won't end well!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airbrush1 View Post
    I damn near killed myself on a midnight run about 8 years ago down there, managed to not wreck the car, but it certainly scared me and hurt my ego a bit. Don't try to chase the road race guys in a 300hp turbo Miata, it won't end well!
    A wise man knows his limitations.

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    Looking forward to any and all pics and videos from the event.
    I do have some pix to post but need to edit and sort them, will work on it later today.

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