From: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
>Most non-Pro courses I run usually have a turn between the start line and
>the timing lights. For me, it usually isn't worth it to launch hard, then
>slam on the brakes to negotiate the turn before the lights. Sometimes it's
>not necessary either; I just go for maximizing my exit speed from that turn
>so I have a good start going through the lights.
The point being that IF you have to do ANY braking, or even any lifting of
the power pedal, before the start lights, THEN your launch was harder than
it needed to be.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"If I can do it, it's not art" - Red Green
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