I can smell psyco-warfare when I "see" it! I'm using navid's excuse, and
sticking with it--that is, unless my new posi works.
Don
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>From: "Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com>
>To: donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net, jcre@mozart.com, jesse@wordex.com,
ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: 8 CONE SLALOM (WAS: THANKS)
>Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2000, 4:28 PM
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>>I think THE, or is it "A", most important technique to master when
>>negotiating slaloms is "discipline". By this I mean, never overdrive
>>the front end of the slalom as this causes you to get, progressively,
>>"late" turning on the cones as you proceed through the slalom. This
>>is the most frequent mistake, independent of other less effective
>>slalom techniques employed, that we all succumb to at times.
>
>Agreed. Unfortunately, the SECOND most frequent mistake made in slaloms,
>especially extended ones, is to go in slow and get "comfortably" up to speed
>around the third or fourth cone. If it's a constant spaced slalom, you want
>to be AT speed from the first cone on. This wasn't possible for most cars
>on Sunday's course due to the 90 degree left before the slalom, but I
>managed to get "up to speed" by the second cone. Incidentally, I heartily
>disagree with the direction everyone was taking the slalom in the afternoon
>(outside of first cone/inside of last). By that time the dirty/clean
>difference was too great to go the other way, but I'd sure have liked a
>harder charge onto the back straight...
>
>>Also, unless there are significant cone spacing differences in a slalom I
>>don't think using brakes, once you're in the slalom, is
>>effective, as it's both time consuming and disrupts the car balance.
>>Remember, negotiating a slalom is a delicate balancing "dance".
>
>Don says this because he hasn't mastered the intricacies of left-foot
>braking. This is why I kicked his butt at the Divisional, and why he is
>doomed to ignominy and failure at Nationals unless he begins using LFB
>immediately. The fact that he is "dancing" on only one foot also explains
>his unfortunate social ostracism.
>
>KeS
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