yeah... i followed a fellow in a MG powered Courier around thunderhill
last year who NEVER seemed to brake & he was fast... it was instructive
to try to follow his line until he left me behind... i was really in awe
of the skill & "guts" he displayed ( he said was 70 yrs old!)
Brian Evans wrote:
> 5. Don't use the brakes much. Race cars go faster if you use the throttle,
> not the brake! Seriously, when I was in my third year or so of vintage
> racing, in a 998cc Mini, and I was struggling to get my times down one
> weekend at Waterford, I set out one practice to see just how many times I
> could NOT use the brakes on that tight, twisty track. For those who know
> the track, I ended up not even touching the brakes except on the right
> hander at the end of the backstraight, and the tight left-hade turn that
> heads you up the hill on the other side of the course. I dropped four
> seconds a lap (1:29 to 1:25) in that one session, and I felt like I was
> driving less hard than before. It was a revelation, to say the least!
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