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re: brakes locked up

To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: re: brakes locked up
From: Bob Spruck <bspruck@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 17:15:53 -0400
At 10:53 AM 7/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hear on the right coast we call this tactic, 'both feet down', ie: clutch
>and brake pedal down hard!  No one ever told me about it at drivers
>school but a couple of old hands passed on their wisdom.
>
>Saved me twice in one weekend at LRP, although I did get the corner
>workers 'MG SUV' award for best off-track performance in a 'T' series.!
>
>
At my driver school at Road Atlanta a few years ago they taught us "When
about to spin, both feet in". It's easy to remember and has worked for me
for the last five of my total lifetime six spins. The first time I forgot
to do it in all the excitement.

Bob

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