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Rusty left-foot brakes!

Eldre

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by Eldre » Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:04:36





>> > My guess is that every WC driver left foot brakes, with the exception
>> > of road circuits. I grew up left footed braking in my street car, and
>> > it's saved me from many accidents from the quicker reaction time to
>> > the brake pedal.

>> I take it you drive an automatic.  Bit different in a manual ;-)

>> Andy
>> --

>And I'm wondering about his general driving habits, if it was only the
>quicker reactions of left-foot braking which saved him from many accidents
>on the street.

I was just concerned about the 'many' part...
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T. Wortm

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by T. Wortm » Fri, 02 Nov 2001 06:06:32

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:55:41 GMT, "Rob Adams"


>A guy pulled out right in front of me on Saturday in pouring rain and
>despite being a right-foot braker I managed to get stopped. That was more
>due to knowing how to threshold brake and keep from skidding than reaction
>time.

And if it was me, I'm stopped 15' quicker than you.

Bottom line is, I've never had an accident in 25 years and roughly 2
millions miles of travel. So speculate all you like about my driving
habits if that's what floats your boat.

btgos

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by btgos » Fri, 02 Nov 2001 06:29:58

Actually the thing that was cool about the footage (pardon the pun) of Rusty
from this race, was the way he was using the clutch. He appeared to use the
clutch as a way of controlling the amount of power being applied to the rear
wheels, gradually releasing the clutch as he came out of corners. This seems
like it would be a bad idea, and would cause more wheel spin when the clutch
was finally engaged, but it worked for him until his tire exploded. Anyone
have any more info on this? I also would expect that this would really cause
the clutch to heat up badly, since he "road the clutch" twice on each lap.

btgoss


> On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:55:41 GMT, "Rob Adams"

> >A guy pulled out right in front of me on Saturday in pouring rain and
> >despite being a right-foot braker I managed to get stopped. That was more
> >due to knowing how to threshold brake and keep from skidding than
reaction
> >time.

> And if it was me, I'm stopped 15' quicker than you.

> Bottom line is, I've never had an accident in 25 years and roughly 2
> millions miles of travel. So speculate all you like about my driving
> habits if that's what floats your boat.

Ryan

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by Ryan » Fri, 02 Nov 2001 07:50:34

I remember seeing him do this on TV during practice (I didn't see it during
the race because I was there!), but I don't believe he was using enough
clutch travel to actually slip the clutch.  Either he doesn't know he's
doing it, or the weight from his foot combined with the g-forces in the
corners makes his foot press the clutch down and take up the slack of the
throwout bearing.  I know if I slip the clutch on my 70 El Camino for too
long, it gets very hot, and that's only at 1/4 of the rpm that winston cup
cars turn, so I would think that slipping the clutch that much would ruin it
within a few laps.

Ryan

Haqsa

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by Haqsa » Fri, 02 Nov 2001 08:12:56

Unless it's made for it.  That's an old drag racers trick, and there are
clutches available that are made to allow progressive slip up to a
certain point.


Michael Cran

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by Michael Cran » Mon, 05 Nov 2001 23:01:39

I think it's just slack in the throw-out bearing and wasn't any concious
act. The multi-disc clutches the cup cars use don't take to kindly to being
slipped even a little. Gordon slipped the clutch getting out of the pits
after losing 1st and 2nd gear a couple years ago and almost completely
burned it up in a matter of feet.

> Unless it's made for it.  That's an old drag racers trick, and there are
> clutches available that are made to allow progressive slip up to a
> certain point.



> > I remember seeing him do this on TV during practice (I didn't see it
> during
> > the race because I was there!), but I don't believe he was using
> enough
> > clutch travel to actually slip the clutch.  Either he doesn't know
> he's
> > doing it, or the weight from his foot combined with the g-forces in
> the
> > corners makes his foot press the clutch down and take up the slack of
> the
> > throwout bearing.  I know if I slip the clutch on my 70 El Camino for
> too
> > long, it gets very hot, and that's only at 1/4 of the rpm that winston
> cup
> > cars turn, so I would think that slipping the clutch that much would
> ruin it
> > within a few laps.

> > Ryan

Paul Merke

Rusty left-foot brakes!

by Paul Merke » Tue, 06 Nov 2001 23:01:56

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Ryan schrieb:


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