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In the following image are two race cards that were running cold slick tires and suspensions set to stiff with tire pressure set for a normal slick race.

How did they leave the circuit?

It has been claimed that they drifted off. Did they?

If they didn't, how else did they leave the circuit?

Does anyone have any expertise in motorsports or traction to help me determine the cause of this incident?

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Welcome! Interesting question, but it would help all of us if you worked a bit harder on your grammar and formatting. We try to keep our standards high and our posts well formatted. Put an extra few minutes of effort in so we don't have to. Again, welcome to our community – wax eagle May 7 '12 at 13:55
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Also, could you link to the race and maybe a story surrounding it? – wax eagle May 7 '12 at 13:56
As wax eagle has said, we need a bit more information to be able to help. To speculate, however, it may have been aquaplaning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaplaning – Ste May 27 '12 at 19:06
Please provide a clearer picture, movie or links for us to see exactly what happened. Thanks – Kris Moyse Jun 7 '12 at 7:18
The track looks wet. If they were on slicks at the time, they're literally floating on the layer of water (called hydroplaning) and have effectively zero traction. intermittent hydroplaning, where one tire gets traction for a little while and then loses it, can cause a sideways push or skid and then the driver is unable to recover. – KeithS Jun 11 '12 at 16:13

closed as too localized by Michael Myers♦ Jun 8 '12 at 20:51

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