> He tore up
> everybody, including Rich Bontempi, by several seconds. He never used his
left foot.
i dont believe this is because he right-foot brakes. its that the other
people just didnt drive as well, and the difference between left and right
foot braking is much smaller than the difference made up on the rest of the
course by better driving.
left foot braking gives you more options to control the balance of the car.
you can apply both brake and gas at the same time which smooths the
transition between gasing and braking. you can also slow the car a little
without lifting. (lifting abruptly upsets the suspension)
as kevin points out, you can brake later with LFB because you arent coasting
while your foot goes in between the pedals.
HOWEVER, the advantage is small enough for virtually all of us so that it is
completely masked by other factors. looking ahead, for example, will help
most of us WAY more than learning to LFB, IMHO.
-james creasy
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Jones <axng4me@yahoo.com>
To: Ba-Autox Mailing List (E-mail) <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: Stuff I Learned at the Evolution School
> > I guess I've gotten to the point where my feet automagically know
> > which one is
> > supposed to be braking if I need to shift, but not yet to the point
> > where I
> > have my braking points compensated yet!
>
> Of course if you always right foot brake, then there is no
> compensating :-)
>
> I used to plow snow in Colorado for a living with an automatic pickup.
> I always used my left foot when braking because it was faster, and time
> was money.
>
> When I started Solo, I used my left foot and thought I was doing well.
> Then I watched and talked to Gene (can't remember his last name) from
> Team Viper at Dodge during a Viper clinic. This guy was a road racer
> who was showing us the new ACR on a Solo course at Mather. He tore up
> everybody, including Rich Bontempi, by several seconds. He never used
> his left foot. I asked him about it and he said he tried in the past,
> but saw he was 'covering' the pedal too much and was 'probably'
> exerting a little tiny pressure when he shouldn't be. His advice was
> quick hands and feet and some other pearls of wisdom I don't remember
> right now.
>
> Now, I leave my left foot braking to plowing snow in auto transmission
> 4WD pickups.
>
> patrick
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