Short cars are far worse. Becasue of the short wheel base, a short car
has moved some distance before the driver can react.
mayf
Bryan Savage wrote:
>
> You're right Keith --- for normal cars.
>
> I was thinking about Streamliners and some have been built with the
> driver just
> behind the front axle. In a 30 foot long car, this doesn't give the
> driver's butt much
> yaw feed back.
>
> How well the drivers butt has been trained is, in my opinion,
> critical. Drivers whose
> experience includes Saturday night at the Fairgrounds dirt track stand
> out in their
> ability to handle spin prone cars.
>
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
>
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
>> Mayf... wierd as this might sound... oh and obnoxious.. most of us
>> just... ahhh DRIVE...seriously... your butt will tell you everything
>> you need to know... if your butt is going left, turn that way....
>> same thing for the right only different... if your butt is going
>> right.... Turn RIGHT... ( not left... see I told ya it was different )
>>
>> Seroiusly... it's your job in the few minutes we get on the salt each
>> year... the rest of it is a pure mechanical exercise ...
>>
>> Keith
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