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 to Katie's
parallel parking dilemma a few months ago:)
Peter
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse Wills [SMTP:jesse@wordex.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 3:40 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: best line
>
> 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 the car run
> wide,
> don't set up wide for turns and don't concentrate on the turns before the
> fastest sections. Did other people read it differently? About 1/3 of the
> way through the slalom section (what was going on with that?) I stopped
> reading. If any clarifications were made late in the article, my
> apologies.
>
> One thing I did look for in the article was as an author. Anyone else see
> a
> responsible party? You'd think that the SCCA would first of all find a
> qualified person to write such an article and second actually edit the
> article for content.
>
> The reason I am bitter about this is that I have been trying to beat some
> ideas in my dad's head about autoxing for a couple of years now and the
> other night he calls me up and asks about the article. Of course,
> something
> published in SportsCar must be correct and everything I have been telling
> him is wrong. : )
>
> Jesse
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy Bergsman <jeremybb@leland.Stanford.EDU>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 1:48 PM
> 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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