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I'm sure that is true, and Goodguys no longer uses that section of the Del Mar Fairgrounds parking lot for their event autocross. Jan

No need to do that. After this event, they moved the autocross to another part of the Fairgrounds. Jan

I can see why there are accident-related safety concerns with Cybertruck. Almost immediately upon seeing Cybertruck for the first time, I noticed that the leading edge of the stainless steel bodyside sheet metal at the very front and rear of the vehicle is exposed, has almost sharp edges and is quite thick and strong. If Cybertruck were to hit someone or something with those edges, I suspect that they would do more damage than a vehicle with rounded or covered edges would do.

Are you sure that it has not been crash tested? I thought that was an absolute requirement for mass-produced passenger vehicles sold in the U.S.

@@AutoMatters Yes, I am sure. No videos in youtube. Here is from Internet: "Does the Cybertruck pass the crash test? Elon Musk's Tesla Cybertruck hasn't been crash tested. Feb 20, 2024". It is OK for USA, but not for other countries.

It's ALIVE!!! Jan

Good news. The driver was/is okay and competed in the same (repaired) truck at last weekend's GoodGuys "AutoCross" at the Del Mar Nationals. I took some photos there and will post them soon in my "AutoMatters & More" column on AutoMatters.net. I do not shoot videos very often (I mostly shoot still photos, instead), so I do not upload very much to my "AutoMatters & More" CZcams channel, but I do plan to edit and then post another video here soon. I happened to be recording one of the few videos I shot yesterday when something totally totally wild and unexpected happened during a two-car Formula Drift demonstration run at yesterday's Press Day for the upcoming Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (IndyCar, Formula Drift, sportscar racing and more). Jan

Hi Ian. Yes, he clearly had trouble stopping. Scary stuff! Jan

I just watched it carefully again. The front wheels were locked up but the rears kept turning. That would certainly seem to support your theory. Jan

​@@AutoMatters I would imagine they chose less braking on the rear because its a pickup and there's no weight on the rear. I have a brake bias adjuster next to the seat in my race car. At each meeting I stomp on the brakes and adjust it a number of times until each end locks up equally. Every track surface is different and each track will constantly change with the weather or get dustier as the day goes on and tires also change over a race day...There are so many factors that can screw up your braking

​@ianbrown9082 That makes complete sense. I wonder if they knew they needed to do that and just forgot, or maybe the track, tires or whatever changed faster than they were expecting. I autocrossed for many years, but never at that technological level. I put on a set of sticky tires and had to keep using them until they wore out. I adjusted tire temps, and shocks on some cars, and tuned with 'competition' sway bars.. As a result, my setups were usually not great. My autocrossing days are over (I'm 70). Now I just take pictures of other people doing motorsports, but the skills that I learned are still making me a better driver than average. Jan

It wouldn’t course correct in this way if there was something there.

I think that I saw the rebuilt truck at the same event this past year.

I will eventually be posting a lot of photos of the 2023 version of this in my weekly "AutoMatters & More" column on my AutoMatters. net website. In the meantime, you can see my pictures from the 2022 demolition derby at the San Diego County Fair here: automatters.net/2022-san-diego-county-fair-heroes-reunite/

@@AutoMatters We think this years Derby was better than last! For a minute I thought little #7 was going to take the win. It looked like a Pinto at the end. So much fun. Looking forward to seeing your videos

@@lizardbreath9999 Elizabeth, I totally agree with you. After taking a preliminary look at what I shot, I suspect that rather than videos, still photo close-ups will provide my best views of the non-stop excitement and vehicular carnage. I wish that I had taken some time to interview drivers and crew members, to add to my story about the event. Since I've covered several great events recently, it may take me a few weeks to write this story, edit the photos and add them to the lineup of "AutoMatters & More" weekly columns, but look for that coverage at AutoMatters.net. Jan

@@AutoMatters You did a great job at putting together your column. Your photography is spectacular and how you put it together helped tell the story. Especially since I was there. I look forward to this years coverage. Thank you Jan!

@@lizardbreath9999Elizabeth, I also wrote this column more recently about the great work that they do at the San Diego Burn Institute. You might enjoy it too: automatters.net/free-burn-institute-program-can-be-a-life-saver-for-senior-homeowners/ Feel free to continue to reply this way, and/or you can add comments at the end of any of my "AutoMatters & More" comments. I get notified and will reply to them. Jan

Hi Wes, I am glad that you both are okay and that you did not give up on autocrossing. After several decades of autocrossing myself, I retired from doing that a few years ago. I recently posted three photos of what I think is you and your truck autocrossing at the 2023 GoodGuys Del Mar Nationals. Scroll down and look for it towards the end of my post on AutoMatters.net in AutoMatters & More number 789. Here is the link to that post: automatters.net/goodguys-40th-anniversary-celebrated-at-the-del-mar-nationals/ Jan

After having their autocross here for many years (I entered it myself several times), GoodGuys moved it to a different location.

Героям слава! I hope that this is an appropriate response. I learned it from Wikipedia. Jan

I saw the same truck and driver compete in this year's (2024) GoodGuys autocross in Del Mar. Jan

@@AutoMatters That's great!

Christopher, No, The surface was not slick. I ran it for years in my Mustang GT on All-American Sunday. However, it had some very tight turns which, if you went into them too quickly, could end with a visit to concrete barriers. FYI, GoodGuys just had another event at the Del Mar Fairgrounds this past weekend. For the first time in as long as I can remember, they did not use the same autocross course, or even the same part of the parking lot. I am in the process tonight of writing one of my "AutoMatters & More" columns about that event, for publication - with lots of photos - this week. When you see that, you can decide whether or not their new autocross course is an improvement or not. It certainly looked safer. I only heard one comment, and that person did not like it. My columns are published weekly in various publications and, with the most photos by far, on my "AutoMatters & More" website, here: automatters.net Just click on the blue 2022 box to see all of the columns from 2022, in reverse chronological order. There are around 500 of my over-700 columns posted there, dating back about 20 years. Jan

Drivers never learn threshold braking because of ABS.

Thanks for the comment. The Maverick seemed to handle very well indeed.

John, I agree. The handling of that Maverick is especially amazing considering that the underlying car is about 50 years old! Jan

That should certainly have helped!

Mario, That would be really scary. How did you get slowed down? Jan

@@AutoMatters try to Stopped at the small village and let them cool down. My car was a Pontiac fire bird standard transmission. DOWN SHIFTING HELP ME A LOT .

Merci pour votre comment, Jean Charles! Ma langue maternelle est l'anglais. Cependant, j'ai réussi à écrire la phrase précédente sans l'aide de Google Translate (anglais vers français), que j'utilise maintenant pour continuer. Veuillez m'excuser pour ma capacité limitée à communiquer en français. J'ai étudié le français il y a environ 50 ans à l'école primaire, quand je vivais en Alberta, au Canada. À l'époque, nous avons appris le français en écoutant de l'audio et en regardant des images fixes de pellicules mettant en vedette la famille fictive Thibault. Jan

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@@jeancharlesrabaux5658 Merci!

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Yes it was. That could have ended very badly for him. Jan