My second event at this location, and I had a blast. I was afraid the old, used Azenis were going to be slippery, but they were way better than the tires I normally drive with (goodyear eagle f1, I think). I showed up late and didn't get to walk the course, but that's fine. I ran a 67, then a 64, then progressively quicker 63's. I took second place for street mod, behind a real experienced guy driving his friend's convertible mustang 5.0. I'm not sure what other cars were in that group (3 other cars), but I'll find out later. I just wanted to consistantly improve my times, and I did that.



I tried to be clean, then be fast. But then I realized that I didn't know where my limits were, so I started to push it a little at the cost of smacking a few cones. I guess that's something worthwhile, once you know the limits, you can be faster, then focus on cleaning up the lines.

 

[quote name='Baldy' date='Jul 25 2005, 07:33 AM']once you know the limits, you can be faster, then focus on cleaning up the lines.


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usually if you go a bit smolwer but follow the proper line u will still be faster then goign fast on a wrong line, youd be surprised try it. i have a friend who is not so good at driving but he has the basics down and knows the racing line, and consitently turns pretty quick times.

if you are driving an incorect line u will have to do even more thigns to keep yourself on track so there ends up being too much car throtwing around and it takes a lot of time that u dont realize.



learn the line, get consistent and then try to improve where you thyink u can pick up some time.

 

Ok, I was unsure what to do first. I think pushed the limits came into play on the hairpins/u-turns. This takes place on an abandoned airstrip, so there are a couple u-turns. I would just slowly ease on the gas through the turn, and wait for it to start to slide out, then ease back.



As for the rest of the course (slaloms/boxes/etc.) I would just try to figure out the best transitions, how to come out of one thing to enter the next thing "correctly". That seems hard as hell to figure out.