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Originally Posted by Sieg
Tobin recommended Hawk HP Plus to me for street and track compromise. While I haven't had them on the track yet they work well on the street, they don't require preheating to stop at the first stop sign you come to, and they're pretty quite. As he warned they generate dust and will wear rotors........THEY GENERATE DUST! but visually the rotor wear doesn't appear extreme. Did I mention they generate dust? 
What's the old saying...........drive hard into the braking zone until you see God then stand on the brakes!
Hard to say from watching the video or feeling the chassis coming into and under braking but it looked like you were off the throttle well before the 500 mark and coasting into the braking zone. Start challenging yourself and the car on a corner that has no penalties if you go in too deep. Pick a throttle off point and brakes on point and gradually shorten them up until you get on the edge of not apexing the corner properly. Then you can confidently apply those references to most braking marker zones. Off-chambers, elevation changes, bumps/seams, brake over-heating, greasy tires, etc. need to be compensated for.
Once you learn your braking points around the track(s) you should see lap times improve. Also create drive-out reference markers past the apex point to aim the car at while rolling into the throttle they can serve as a point where you should be able to deliver maximum throttle for available traction.
You appear to have one of the toughest skills mastered......smooth. Most really fast drivers are really smooth. How they become really consistent is through establishing and adhering to personal reference points on the track.
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Thanks Sieg... I really appreciate your comments about driving techniques. Up to this point I have been focusing on learning the proper lines on the track and hitting the apexes and not as much about lap times. I'm at the point now where I'm out there ripping around and feel totally comfortable and consistant. Now I need to work on braking later and getting on it harder out of the corners like you said.
Getting the camera was a good thing... it was nice to sit back on Saturday morning and watch the runs... I saw the same things you mentioned. I look forward to improving the skills, pushing it and getting sideways a bit more.