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GPL - left foot braking...the only way to go?

Rob Adam

GPL - left foot braking...the only way to go?

by Rob Adam » Wed, 28 Feb 2001 07:52:04

I once did 4 straight 53.44 laps at IMS in GPL.

Problem was, the guys I was racing were doing high 52's - consistency is
fine but if you're slow, you're slow :(




> > > car racing is one of the most repetitive tasks of all, every lap,
> > > brakign at the same place, with the same strength while turning the
> > > wheel the same amount....

> > > It is very impressive when you have the chane to take a ride with a
> > > professional driver to see this, it's like a robot, doing always the
> > > same at the same time...over and over again
> >   What always impressed me was the ability to vary the lap times.  How
> often
> > do we hear a driver say he 'pushed' here or 'held back' there.  When
CART
> > drivers are told to slow down and save fuel....how do they?  The uncanny
> > sense of time the really good drivers posess must be phenomenal(sp?)
> > dave henrie

> I think it's experience.
> Must be about the same think like speedskaters who can do constant
laptimes
> (less than a tenth of a second difference for 30 sec laps) when they skate
a
> 10000 m.

> grtngs,
> hgrm

Eldre

GPL - left foot braking...the only way to go?

by Eldre » Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:24:21



>I once did 4 straight 53.44 laps at IMS in GPL.

>Problem was, the guys I was racing were doing high 52's - consistency is
>fine but if you're slow, you're slow :(

Haven't you been LISTENING to me???<g>

Eldred
--
Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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Yousuf Kha

GPL - left foot braking...the only way to go?

by Yousuf Kha » Fri, 02 Mar 2001 14:18:37


Amen! I'd rather see an exciting driver than a consistent driver. Alain
Prost was consistent, but provided next to no e***ment. His peers however,
like Rene Arnoux, Gilles Villeneuve, and Mansell were less consistent but
when they won, they'd be a lot more fun to watch.

But then again, you can also have a very fast, exciting, _and_ consistent
driver like Ayrton Senna, and you have a deadly combination. But how often
do those guys come around?

    Yousuf Khan

Eldre

GPL - left foot braking...the only way to go?

by Eldre » Sat, 03 Mar 2001 11:14:14



>Yes, those are exactly the thoughts that pass through my mind in that
>situation! That's why I can't get any better than mediocre - lack of
>concentration.

Mine's just lack of skill - I have PLENTY of concentration...

Eldred
--
Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001
Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73

Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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