Could someone explain the difference between shuffle steering and hand over
hand steering.
And Kent, what other techniques did you try.
When I first started autocrossing I used the technique which I was taught
for driving on the track. For want of a better name, the "9 and 3 hold on
for dear life" method, where you start off with your hands at 9 and 3 and
never release your grip on the steering wheel ( super glue works well;-)
even if one hand goes past 12 while the other hand goes past 6. Very seldom
on a track do you have a turn this tight. The technique is not really very
effective when you have tight turns unless you are double jointed;-) I now
use the technique ( or something akin to it) that is described in Turner's
book. In this technique you try to keep your hands in the 7 to 11 and 1 to
5 ranges. In order to do this you need to move (shuffle?) your hands in
anticipation of the next corner and then shuffle your hands if you need more
wheel movement than you get turning from 7 to 11 with the left hand in a
right hand turn and vice versa for a left hand turn. For me this gives me
better control than letting my hands get to 12 and 6. Depending on the
length of a maneuver I try to keep my hands as close to 9 and 3 as is
practical -- whatever practical means ;-)
Steve
Thanks,
Steve
---- Original Message -----
From: Bill Fuhrmann <bfuhrman@isd.net>
To: Kent Rafferty <gs96@sgi.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:24 PM
Subject: RE: newbies
> > school at Mid-Ohio road course. I still shuffle steer
> > after trying the other steering methods extensively.
> > The first thing the instructor did was told me to use
> > his method to steer the car. Rather than focusing on
>
> Is that how you drove on the street????
> Don't they have driver's training in your state???
>
> Hand over hand was required during the driving sessions of the class.
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