jim hayes wrote:
> ... snip ...
> BTW, what was everybody taught to do when you spin? I found three separate
> methods in the books! I'm of the "stand on it " group. If I lose it, I stand
> on it, spin it to the inside 180-270 and get lined up for reentering the
> course. Learned at the Roos School and perfected during a rally school in
> the UK.
>
> jeh@fotec.com http://www.fotec.com/jim.htm
> veni, vedi, veloce
I have to side with the right-foot theory myself... up to a point. My
cars (911s) do not behave like some "others" in that a spin can most
often be avoided by planting the right foot (most of the weight in the
rear, transfer of more weight by acceleration, rear-wheel drive, etc..).
Once the "point of no return" has been passed, I am more than likely
going to try to make it a 360 (or two 180s) in order to minimize the
time lost. This approach assumes the spin is occuring at a spot where
this method has some possibility for success (like turn 1 at Sebring - I
have the pictures...). If the spin occurs early in a corner or in the
middle of a set of complex corners, then the approach reverts to the
"both feet in" to stop the car safely and in a predictable manner,
thereby avoiding complicating matters more for any following drivers.
The key word above is "predictable". This is a term we should stress to
all our ranks and should be practiced religiously (unless it's the last
lap of the CART finale...). I was taught using the comparison of a
rolling bowling ball to a rolling football. Which one would you have
more success in catching? When applied to drivers, which would you have
more success in completing a safe pass on? Something to think about...
Right foot (Yeee Haaaa, Myles...)
*8o)
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