You've already got some sage advice but let me throw in my 2c worth.
Don't try to go fast! Learn to drive smoothly and let the speed come to you -
it will.
It's hard at first because it is easy to go fast down the straights and almost
as easy to brake late - then get it all wrong in the turn and end up slow.
I did lots of special stage rallies in Europe in the 60's - so was used to
high speed car control - but then had to go back to school for vintage racing
in the mid-80s. The first two days were frustrating but in retrospect probably
the most useful - they emphasized s m o o t h n e s s and accuracy. Even now
I often think back to those two days' lessons.
Have fun
Derek
John Cowan wrote:
> I'm interested in learning to drive a race car well, on tracks like
> Laguna Seca and Sears Point. When I decide to learn how to race, I'll
> start with sprint karts, but lets say (perhaps hypothetically) that the
> goal for now is to run SCCA Solo I.
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