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Originally Posted by L8ONBRAKE
Prepare yourself as a driver and you might just not need to "beat up" the car. If you have watched any onboard video of a typical novice track driver, you will see there isn't much beating going on, most let off the gas very quickly and get on the brakes very early. As long as the motor can control its fluids, and the brakes are up to par you shouldn't have to beat it up at all. The fastest drivers are the smoothest drivers.
This is all unsolicited advice, but I would find some onboard videos of some drivers at that particular track and take some observations on what lines they are taking, when they brake, and just get an all around feel for what turns come up next on the track. Learn all the different flags and all the safety procedures for getting on and off the track. If you can get a feel for the flow of the track and what turns are what, you will be light years ahead of the other guys, who just showed up with their high end car expecting great results because they built their car so killer. Just learning on-track rules, procedures, and rules can be overwhelming. Prepare yourself as much as you are your car and I guarantee you will have a much more productive, fun, and safe time.
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Hey, thanks for the advise. It seems everyone I know that turn good times always brake late, so I dig your username. I have considered going to a driver school, to brush up on my skills.
Stuart, it was just terrific. The local guys (Coghlan Motorsports) did very good for a non sponsored team and with a good sponsor deal shaping up next year, they will be a great team and a force to be dealt with. Ron took several good/funny pictures he said he would bring by...lol
It is amazing that just about every event I go to now, someone I meet will know someone on the boards, so when he mentioned Lake Havasu, I knew he would know you......small world indeed now with internet.