Driving hard pulling the big stick

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In a message dated 96-05-09 12:17:23 EDT, you write:

>I stopped the check the wheels. No damage at all. None. I went in to get an
>alignment. The technician told me that it was spot on. Didn't need any
>change!
>
>Handbrake turns - learn 'em now!!
>
>

......  As a last resort, handbrake turns are good to learn...  But to drive
a q fast with the oversteer/understeer condition track or street or dirt, the
handbrake turn is not the answer....  Did enjoy your post describing your
good fortune wielding the stick tho rdh!!!  Actually had a couple of those
close calls (one with my wife in the timing truck as I spun the scirocco to a
stop) in some ProRallies, but in the learning of handling and chassis
dynamics, might not be as much of an advocate.....  Very good for learning
how to control a skid (as in easy to use handbrake to create one), and
certainly was the case for you...  Me, I tend to use the handbrake very
rarely, and usually only when I'm too lazy or late to setup the car properly
for a turn - the definition of cheating ....  Even at the steamboat winter
driving event, handbrake turns were not the answer to a fast lap in low
traction, chassis control was.....

scott