1985 Monte Carlo SS known as Barney

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Pics look good hooking corners

[GregWeld]

I'd love to watch the video but all I'm getting is a black box in the post.... is it on youtube somewhere??

[SSLance]

try this Greg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=c2YZmBwRCUI

[Ron Sutton]

A little sawdust ... but only a little. Nice driving improvement.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Ron Sutton

A little sawdust ... but only a little. Nice driving improvement.

Going to have to hook that string to his hands from his feet?? LOL

[Ron Sutton]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Going to have to hook that string to his hands from his feet?? LOL

He's gotten pretty good. But I gave him crap before when I watched one of his videos last year. I forget my exact smart a** remark, but it was something along the lines of needing to take a wet/dry vac to the track to keep up with the saw dust.

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by Ron Sutton

A little sawdust ... but only a little. Nice driving improvement.

Thanks, I worked VERY hard on my driving skillz last season and feel like I made huge gains. I know the car is still more capable than the driver, but I'm getting there.

I wonder if anyone else does this? I can look back at last year in my mind and vividly remember the specific corners I screwed up as a driver that cost me a win, or a great time...on several different courses and days. I also look back at the videos regularly (one just to get me through the long winters) and play them through in my mind saying, "you need to this here, not that" to get through that corner faster etc.

The good news is, I'm really starting to recognize what it takes to be fast, the next step is making my hands, feet and eyes...replicate those actions.

[Panteracer]

Lance,
I always tell everyone when you and the car become one
then it is working.. I know it is tough to figure things out
when you make a bunch of changes to the car.. I am in that
boat now... Looks like things are working out for you
I sometimes tell myself to slow down to go fast.. pushing it
(unless you are Danny Popp) seems to work against you

And seat time, seat time are hard to replace
I hate to say it but taking mine out this weekend to the
coast for a spin.. suppose to be in the 70's here in Kali
No real winter here.. keep at it and have fun that is
why we are doing this

Bob

[GregWeld]

Is it just me or is that steering column moving around a lot??? Not picking on you or the car.... calling it out because I saw it and maybe it's nothing or maybe there is a way to "fix it".... Or maybe it's just my old sorry azz eyes and the shadows.

I thought your driving was pretty dang smooth! And maybe Ron will comment on hand position -- because I'd like to learn from this too.... but I was thinking that your left hand should stay on the 9 O'clock side of the wheel rather than coming all the way across your body?? IDK...

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by Panteracer

Lance,
I always tell everyone when you and the car become one
then it is working.. I know it is tough to figure things out
when you make a bunch of changes to the car.. I am in that
boat now... Looks like things are working out for you
I sometimes tell myself to slow down to go fast.. pushing it
(unless you are Danny Popp) seems to work against you

And seat time, seat time are hard to replace
I hate to say it but taking mine out this weekend to the
coast for a spin.. suppose to be in the 70's here in Kali
No real winter here.. keep at it and have fun that is
why we are doing this

Bob

Bob,

I stayed away from making changes to the car for most of last season for just that reason. I told Ron that I wanted to work on the driver that year, not the car. And I have found the need to slow down to go faster at times as well.

What I find happening to me, and I think this is either street tire related or maybe more specifically Falken 615K related...is once I slide the car by over driving it, which ever end I slid, immediately continues to slide in the next few corners even if it isn't being over drove. Usually it's my rear tires...I call it making them angry. If I carry too much speed or exit too hard out of a corner and spin the rear tires...when I go into the corner after that, the rear steps out MUCH earlier than I expect it too...then the whole process compounds on itself and the run is ruined. If I just back it up a tad and don't make that initial slide, they continue to stick for the whole run and I'll put a great time down.

This killed me at the Pro Solo last fall because sitting there at Christmas tree light start with a competitor beside me, I'd launch hard every time and spin the back tires. From then on in each and every run, I couldn't keep the back end under the car and the looseness got continually worse each run. I actually spun the car twice that day...and I NEVER spin this car out on a course.

There were other factors involved as well which made the bad situation worse, but the making the tires angry is one of the things I look back on and realize now and vow to try to avoid in the upcoming season.