Hmm,
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 stream-of-conciousness
answers to questions about what I do at work...
Seriously, I was a bit surprised the author advocated his methods so
strongly with no ifs, ands or buts. It's probably a very valid point, but
I'm not sure that for most newbies going out there and trying to connect the
dots is going to make you faster.
Not to bring up this issue again, but does anyone have comments about the
relative importance of this principle on gated courses vs. mini-road course
type layouts?
Peter T
'99 Z3 2.8 Coupe
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Bergsman [SMTP:jeremybb@leland.Stanford.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 1:48 PM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: best line
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 rather than
approaching the turns like in road racing where you will try to
increase
exit speed before the straights. To what extent does this decision
depend
on your car's acceleration/handling mix?
Thanks.
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Jeremy Bergsman
jeremybb@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~jeremybb
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