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1. best line (score: 1): Author: Jeremy Bergsman <jeremybb@leland.Stanford.EDU>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 13:48:00 -0700; Could people comment on the learning to autocross article in the recent Sport Car? My question concerns the advice to drive the shortest path through the course and concentrate on the slowest turns r; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00043.html (7,651 bytes)
2. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "James Creasy" <jcre@mozart.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 14:22:40 -0700; i didnt read the article, but it is obvious that late apexing has less benefit in autocross because the straights are so short compared to a road race track. remember to late apex you go slower than; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00044.html (9,321 bytes)
3. RE: best line (score: 1): Author: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@Roche.COM>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 14:46:40 -0700; I'm too new to autocrossing to figure out the real answer to this, but I have to say there was something about the way that article was written that gave me a headache. It read like one of my usual; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00045.html (8,932 bytes)
4. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 15:08:27 -0700; Here's what I learned driving low torque, high RPM, RWD cars. You hit those brakes early (but hard and briefly) so you're already off the brake (and maybe on the gas) about the time you start to turn; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00046.html (12,481 bytes)
5. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: Chris Kolstad <ckolstad@cisco.com>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 15:20:12 -0700; The basic rules are the same for any driving event. The trick in autocrossing is to look as far ahead as possible to link as many of them together as possible. You basically worry mostly about your t; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00047.html (10,797 bytes)
6. RE: best line (score: 1): Author: "Phil Esra" <philesra@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 15:20:24 PDT; I always get criticized for driving too exaggerated a line, so maybe there's something to it. Did anybody find an author credit? I didn't see one. Strange that it would be anonymous? phil; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00048.html (10,017 bytes)
7. RE: best line (score: 1): Author: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:26:15 -0700; Since I've moved a month ago, I haven't gotten a lick of mail, including items mailed to me directly. I haven't seen SportsCar in months! Could someone give me a summary of this article? I'm just re; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00049.html (8,184 bytes)
8. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Jesse Wills" <jesse@wordex.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:40:10 -0700; There were several things that I read that did not follow what the fast people have been telling me for years. Strange concepts *I think* I remember from the article were; don't late apex, don't let; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00050.html (9,708 bytes)
9. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Darren P. Madams" <darren@madams.com>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 15:42:00 -0700; All I know, is that from watching Pete Mottaz beat me at nearly every event last year in the kart, is this: The line doesn't matter as long as you're on the power! --Darren Well, it sorta works... :); /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00051.html (8,295 bytes)
10. RE: best line (score: 1): Author: Kevin McCormick <ktm@unify.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:52:21 -0700; One quote that has always come up is that 'autocross is NOT F1'. Spending time/distance to do swoopy stuff is not usually good, in my opinion. I'll usually give up a little entrance/exit speed to red; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00052.html (13,681 bytes)
11. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "James Creasy" <jcre@mozart.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 16:00:46 -0700; true, but then how do i avoid all those little orange triangles? :) -james; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00053.html (8,705 bytes)
12. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 16:23:02 PDT; Ah, *that's* your problem, you're viewing the course in two dimensions! The rest of us are trying to avoid little orange CONES. But wait, if you're driving a one-dimensional car, and seeing the cours; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00054.html (9,446 bytes)
13. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: Larrybsp@aol.com; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 19:37:11 EDT; Slow corners in an autocross don't give you a choice. If you have a light really good handling car that can fly around higher speed corners that advantage is lost on a really slow speed corner. The c; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00055.html (8,696 bytes)
14. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Kit Wetzler" <kitwetzler@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 16:44:14 -0700; I tend to brake much later on the track simply because I have time to react... I always run a race compound brake pad on the track, though. Never had a problem with brakes going away or overheating,; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00056.html (8,546 bytes)
15. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: Rich Urschel <OSP13@attglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 17:10:30 -0400; This whole discussion drives me crazy. **If in doubt**, try the inside line on your third run with as much speed as you can carry and then come out of the corners as early and as aggressively as you; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00058.html (7,619 bytes)
16. RE: best line (score: 1): Author: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@Roche.COM>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 17:37:45 -0700; Yeah, I tend to agree. The thing I'm thinking is man, if this guy is right, then none of us are making nearly enough use of the handbrake! (Reference the video of the MGF that was posted in response; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00060.html (10,977 bytes)
17. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Jerry Mouton" <jerry@moutons.org>; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 18:58:02 -0700; Jeremy, I had the same question about the advice in that article. Interesting that it was not attributed to anyone. My SFR gurus have emphasized to me that the important thing in autocrossing is spee; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00063.html (9,905 bytes)
18. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 19:43:20 -0700; John and I have been discussing this article quite a bit, but I really can't because I stopped reading it at the slalom part, like Jesse. :-) I've found most drivers who have done some other sport wh; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00064.html (11,129 bytes)
19. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: Larrybsp@aol.com; Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 23:45:07 EDT; Larry I tend to brake much later on the track simply because I have time to react... I always run a race compound brake pad on the track, though. Never had a problem with brakes going away or overhe; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00065.html (9,023 bytes)
20. Re: best line (score: 1): Author: "Michael R. Clements" <mrc01@flash.net>; Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 21:06:24 -0700; Hmmmmm. . . perhaps that's because -- all else being equal -- lighter cars are faster, handle better and stop quicker?; /html/ba-autox/2000-05/msg00066.html (9,481 bytes)

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