07-20-2009, 03:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Nebraska
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Originally Posted by 60sRacer
Distances are hard to tell from the video, so comments have some assumptions.
Drive deeper, brake harder. Downshift just before you need the throttle on again - you should be full throttle as soon as you get into the lower gear. You shift early and ride the lower gear all the way thru some turns. Engine braking disturbs the carefully tuned brake balance, so don't do it. Just stand on the big pedal till you need power. That's what you spent so much on those Outlaw brakes for!
Gotta go back to work. My 2 cents, at least 10% might be right on alternate Tuesdays..... 
Robert |
Hi Robert,
Thanks for helping. I'll print your post and study it to the track lay out.
At these track events you can only pass on designated straights after you are waived by and you have to pass on the left.
On the brakes hard; push into neutral [you don't even need the clutch to do this if you do it just as you release the throttle]; blip throttle just right, flop the pedals to match rpm, push into gear just as the rpm syncs, hammer the throttle.
I wish I could heel and toe but with my peddle setup it's just very hard for me..........................I need to work on this
Ohh I finally got my brakes sorted out I was having pad knock back..............now after the new wheel barrings and F suspension the fronts seemed to be locking up too much before the rear.......................I'm thinking I need to add some bias towards the rear. This is on the street I'll have to see how it feels on the track.
Over all it sounds like I need to work on my line and using all of the track.
Here is the track lay out (2.3 mile). The video starts out at the end of turn # 11 and ends at the beginning of turn # 7.
Turn 1 - R........ Turn # 12
Turn 2 - L........Turn # 13
Short Straight........
Turn 3 - R (fast sweep)........Turn # 14 & # 15
Long Straight (pass white car)
Turn 4 - R end of str........Turn # 1
Turn 5 - L........Turn # 2
Turn 6 - R (ess)........Turn # 3
Long Straight
Turn 7 - L (fast sweep)........Turn # 4
Long Straight
Turn 8 - L........ [the only one you get nearly right]........Turn # 5 and # 6
Long Straight
End of straight back to turn 1 ..........Video ends at turn # 7
Last edited by msiert; 07-20-2009 at 05:36 PM.
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