[s-cars] Re: dead battery this morning!!!

[Bruce Mendel]

Trailbraking (using brakes while entering a turn) has four possible
rationales, in order of experience:

1. You think you are on the highway or public roads, which is how you
normally drive. :)

2. You're on the track, but too uncoordinated to get your braking done in a
straight line in time to get back to the gas for a turn.

3. You want to keep weight off the rear of the car as you begin a corner to
get the tail out and nose tucked in, and once car is set and pointed where
you want, you go to gas. Works well for nose-heavy understeering cars
(remind you of any car in particular?).

4. You are racing, and contesting a corner, and want to go to brakes as late
as possible to be first to the corner, but since you go to brakes so late,
you need to stay on them longer, past the point of turn in.

At VIR, turn 1 is good for trail, as it is off very fast turn, and is sharp
lower speed turn where you want to get car nosed in. Oak tree turn also, as
it's fast in first apex and you are coming down from very high speeds. Those
are the only two places I use it there.

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Sligh" <sdslig at yahoo.com>
To: "Bruce Mendel" <brucem105 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: dead battery this morning!!!