Video: Porsche spins out in front of me

[Shifty]

Last weekend I took a fast run down-and-up Hwy 23 in Arkansas - The Pig Trail, as it is known - with a group of cars. The group consisted of a 500hp Audi S4, 400hp STI, 380hp VW Jetta, 280hp Beetle, and two Porsches (a 944 and 914, both modded) all on R-Comp rubber. I was on my 620 and my buddy was alongside on his ZZR1200.

During the run back up, the Jetta and S4 lead with the 944 third in line and my buddy and I on our bikes behind him. The Jetta and S4 pulled away pretty quickly, and with two bikes nipping at his heels the 944 driver got a little too overzealous. This video is from inside the 944. What you don't see is how much speed I had coming around that bend that I had to scrub off in order to avoid him! First time for me balancing traction between a hard cornering manouver and panic braking, I think I did pretty well. Luckily I had built in some following distance through the curves for just such an occasion! 

Porsche 944 spin on pig trail

[duccarlos]

Gravel?

[Shifty]

Near as we can tell he went in hot, downshifted mid-turn and didn't get the revs matched right. No gravel on the road.

[DucRS]

He says "I thought I'd take up the rear". Thus was just his way of falling to the back of the pack 

[Shifty]

LOL Yeah I thought that was pretty funny. He's an older guy, a Porsche fanatic, he's spun more times than I'm sure he can remember. Stayed cool as a cucumber. 

[muskrat]

I sooooooooooooo love that road!  Wife and I just did that road about three weeks ago and into Eureka and hwy 123 (AKA Arkansas Dragon).

[Monster Dave]

oh you can tell that you were moving at a good speed right when you came around the corner - then you had to dump that speed and slow down pretty quickly - nice job!  

Kudos for keeping your head and eyes up!  

Though, I must say that it would have looked pretty bada$$ from that dash cam to see you do an Evil Kenevil and use the sloped hood of that 944 as a ramp for an awesome jump over the car!!

[Shifty]

I sooooooooooooo love that road!  Wife and I just did that road about three weeks ago and into Eureka and hwy 123 (AKA Arkansas Dragon).

Nice! We drive out there with our car club at least once a year to play... this year I decided to ride the Duc and didn't regret it one bit! 850 miles of pure fun!  [moto]

[Shifty]

oh you can tell that you were moving at a good speed right when you came around the corner - then you had to dump that speed and slow down pretty quickly - nice job!  

Kudos for keeping your head and eyes up!  

Thanks Dave! 

[Monster Dave]

Thanks Dave!  

Sure - I watched your clip about 4 times - you had to slow down fast! I'm pretty sure if it had been me, the words OOHHHH Shiiiii.... would have been visible through my visor!!  

[muskrat]

on your next trip let us in DFW know.  I'm sure some, me for sure, would jump on the bandwagon.

[Shifty]

on your next trip let us in DFW know.  I'm sure some, me for sure, would jump on the bandwagon.

Damn I should have posted something here - the guy on the ZZR came from DFW!

[Povidius]

Wow.  That ended up A LOT better than I thought it would.  Glad to know no one got hurt, including the car!   

[junior varsity]

on your next trip let us in DFW know.  I'm sure some, me for sure, would jump on the bandwagon.

we could bring a big group, it would be a lot of fun.

[Randy@StradaFab]

   Count me in next time! I live about an hour and a half north. There are some wicked curves on that road.