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Trekkor
post Nov 17 2004, 11:49 PM
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first lap is the warm up, second is timed.

Listen to me yelling at the end when I get my 34.485,
"that's what I wanted, right there"!

a/x

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J P Stein
post Nov 20 2004, 02:50 PM
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To stimulate discussion, I'll make a few general comments.

All the fast guys that I know have loads of experience.....10-20 years worth and they do it as frequently as possible. Kinda like fishing, 10% of the fishermen get 90% of the fish.....opportunity & practice.
A good fisherman can look at a section of river and tell whether or not it is a good spot. A good AXer can look at a course and tell where he can make time or where he needs to cool it. He can then be aggressive on his first run.

Aggression is a key....maybe THE key. This is hard for folks like me who have driven on the street for 40 years and have developed safe driving habits. If you're not pushing the car & yourself you're gonna be.....safe, smooth, but slow. Guys that are fast are on the edge of control...or over it, but have the ability to stich the moves together to *make it look smooth*....in the car, it is actually quite violent. Their car is frequently not traveling in the direction it is pointed. *Watch these guys closely*.... you can learn "things". They will pick off a cone or 2, but seldom have a "big moment".
I watch 2 local guys that compete nationally. Never seen either of em' spin.....even in a strange (to them) car.....wierd. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Nuthin wrong with sliding the car....little slides men you're on the limit.....not to be confused with big slides....those cost time. Sliding the car while brakeing is not good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
If you're not sliding the car, you really don't know if the car is understeering, oversteering, or neutral.....thus you can't make good decisions on car set-up.

These are my opinions and they are mine. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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trekkor   Infineon A/X video   Nov 17 2004, 11:49 PM
i love porsche   thanks for these awesome videos...i wanna finish m...   Nov 18 2004, 07:17 AM
SirAndy   <...   Nov 18 2004, 12:38 PM
J P Stein   I've found the 1st gear in a stock 914 box to ...   Nov 18 2004, 02:32 PM
Brad Roberts   I have setup 3-4 boxes this year just so people co...   Nov 18 2004, 02:43 PM
McMark   You can use first if you're good at rpm matchi...   Nov 18 2004, 04:27 PM
Brad Roberts   Trekkor... you left about 1.5 seconds if not 2 on ...   Nov 18 2004, 04:40 PM
Steve_7x   Trekkor, The clip stopped playing about 75% into ...   Nov 18 2004, 05:22 PM
SirAndy   ...   Nov 18 2004, 05:52 PM
trekkor   Thanks for the instruction! I did try downshi...   Nov 18 2004, 08:13 PM
Andyrew   Getting on the gas sooner would have been my idea...   Nov 18 2004, 08:28 PM
J P Stein   In the 2003 season my usual co-driver was out of t...   Nov 18 2004, 10:00 PM
trekkor   Right now my main focus is smooth steering input a...   Nov 18 2004, 10:22 PM
J P Stein   <...   Nov 18 2004, 11:26 PM
trekkor   :bump: I welcome any ideas that would improve my ...   Nov 19 2004, 10:35 PM
Dan (Almaden Valley)   I agree that the use of 1st gear in severely slow ...   Nov 20 2004, 12:35 PM
trekkor   No megaphones. :angry: I think the approach I us...   Nov 20 2004, 01:59 PM
J P Stein   To stimulate discussion, I'll make a few gener...   Nov 20 2004, 02:50 PM
trekkor   It's interesting, JP, I used to be very cautio...   Nov 20 2004, 03:13 PM
J P Stein   <...   Nov 20 2004, 04:24 PM
Dan (Almaden Valley)   In PCA GGR we have car fields that run anywhere fr...   Nov 20 2004, 06:23 PM
Dave_Darling   Hey, Provasi is LPR--not GGR! :D BTW, JP wa...   Nov 20 2004, 06:46 PM
Steve_7x   A bit of nostalgia from the 'old days' Wh...   Nov 20 2004, 10:48 PM
Part Pricer   Trekkor, I've got to agree with J P. If anyth...   Nov 21 2004, 06:50 AM
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