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

[Sandy Sligh]

Hey, a little off the subject, but I'll Take it!!!

;)


--- Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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!!!
>
>
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