I agree with Yannis. After spending 7+ years on a NASCAR race team, spending time with GT-2 cars, attending several dozen professional driving/racing schools, and personal experience, I have to agree with what Yannis says. Physics will also dictate the reasoning why pressing the gas can and will assist in correcting the spin/fishtail. First off, weight transfer becomes an issue. Why did the rear come out in the first place? MTL because it was light. When you hit the gas the rear of the car squats; thus lowering its center of gravity as well as transferring weight to the rear wheels and taking weight off of the front. Looked at from the perspective of a shaft in a bearing and the bearing going bad. The shaft will go out of balance and then stall. Second, engine torque. The engine torque will also transfer weight and it can act much as a gyro. Depending upon direction of spin, motor rotation can act as a counter balance. Then again, it could also add to the problem. Third, if the driver is turning the wheel in the direction of the "UN-recoverable" skid, and he hits the gas, the vehicle will continue to rotate in the direction of the skid in a much tighter diameter then it would have if he just simply rides it out in a state of limbo. Furthermore, done correctly the car will correct itself and have you moving forward again without too much trouble and with out stopping. The value of not stopping can be found while driving in deep snow, mud, or avoiding another moving obstacle. Granted some racing schools did contradict what I was taught at others, but each situation is different, as is the equipment and response time of the individual. What is right for some may not be right for others? But in this case, acceleration would help more than remaining neutral.