Thread: first track day
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Old 09-17-2005, 06:29 PM   #10 (permalink)
kawaigng
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Originally Posted by Nose Nuggets
for the first couple terns you will have to feel it out. dont worry to much about what rpm your at, just remember gears. you dont want to be downshfting while your turning, even if it is a double apex hairpin. you wont get oversteer in your car if its stock. you never want to slide on the exit. getting the car pointed on tur in is fast, if your sliding on the exit your just scrubbing speed. DONT LATE APEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! apex where your SUPOSED to. late apexing is new newbs, people who are scared to use the whole track. if its a 90 degree turn, you will most likly be in second, but considering how wide the track is, you might be at the bottom of third.

the things i quoted in the above post where things i thought where WRONG with there course. i would sugest trying to apex in the corect spot instead of late apexing every turn for the sake of safty. it will build a bad habbit, you ###### already have enough of those, you dont need any more to try and break later.

dont go there and try to drive like you belong in course #4. and dont be sad or disapointed if they want you in class 1 or 2. you have NO profesional instruction at all, and although the things they want to teach in class one and two might seem silly or obvious, you WILL learn something.

if you watch the video again, you can see cones in the corners, 3 per corner (4 for the double apex turns). these are the "dots" i was talking about you connecting. these are the turn in, apex, and track out markers th the instructors will put out for you. do not rely on them, use them as a guideline. hopefully they will have some braking cones out there as well.


good luck, have fun, and dont get frustrated, learn from your mistakes.

after you do that class, and you save up some more dough, come out to seca and ill get you a discount on a skippy driving school.

THX a lot, I do think I dont have to do any thing specieal or stupid at all time. I think I sould be relax and do every they want. I will put my focus in the drving line, apex and the weight transfer.
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