I did an intermediate school a few months ago in which I did about 10
runs with a passenger (instructor). Didn't seem to make any discernible
difference. It seems that I'm far more precise turning left. The reason
I'm thinking driver technique is that when I rode as a passenger in my
car with advanced drivers, I was impressed by how close they came to the
cones on right hand turns. Where I was pushing out towards the outside
they were hugging the turn and accelerating rapidly. I've tried to
emulate that but haven't been able to achieve the same effect. The proof
was that the following day, we ran the same course in reverse. Big
difference as the majority of the turns were right handed. Where in the
school I was running some decent times(~1 second slower than an advanced
driver in my own car), at the points event I struggled with the course.
A competitor who was running almost identical times as me in the school
beat me by 2 seconds at the points event. FWIW, I'll be taking the
Mcamey Phase-I in a few weeks. Thanks for the input,
Jay
'83 RX7 CSP
Randy Chase wrote:
>
> One small point is this. Most mortal drivers feel more confident as to
> how close they can get to the apex cone on a left turn, than they do on
> a right turn. Unless you are pretty sure where you are relative to the
> cone, you might ask someone to give you some feedback on this.
>
> We did a school a while back where we had people stationed at apex cones
> and as you went around them, they held up their hands to show how close
> or far away you were. Sometimes it was a surprise to see that I was 3
> feet off the cone on a right turn. 3 feet off the cone will have a big
> impact on your turn, as will your confidence.
>
> You also raised the point of driver weight. That does make a difference.
> Have you tried judging your right turns when carrying a passenger?
>
> Randy Chase (whose car is trying to turn right when going straight now)
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