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
>From: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@Roche.COM>
>To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: best line
>Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 14:46:40 -0700
>
>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.
> --
> Jeremy Bergsman
> jeremybb@stanford.edu
> http://www.stanford.edu/~jeremybb
>
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