UrQ Track experience w/Lancer

[Lawrence C Leung]

Actually this is the technique I was taught, doesn't matter which (or how
many) wheels are driven, as a car under braking is a car under braking
(so says the instructor, McKamey schools) it's only under exit that drive
matters. With FWD, drifting out under power is about the only way to put
power down effectively, otherwise too much of the friction circle is
being used to turn instead of powering the car forward. 

In winter driving, it is important to brake sooner, so as to match the
availible traction. I'm assuming that performance in the snow is much
like performance driving in the wet. Since in the wet, tires seem to
offer more fore and aft traction than lateral, the idea is to limit the
amount of time turning and increase the time in fore and aft motion. So
the fast line in snow and rain is a much squarer corner, which is pretty
much the opposite of the technique you've described below. I was amazed
how much grip and how little time you lose using this technique, even
using essentially bald R rubber on very wet pavement (not standing
water!). Since I have found my snow tires behave pretty much the same
(better braking and accelerating than turning) I'd extrapolate that the
wet technique applies to snow as well.  

LL - NY

On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:23:04 -0500 (EST) ccohen5 at compuserve.com writes:
>I had the opportunity to get some track time in a an UrQ and a 
>Lancer this weekend and was amazed at the different technique that 
>the instructor employed as compared with my previous experience.
>