Hmmmmm. . . perhaps that's because -- all else being equal --
lighter cars are faster, handle better and stop quicker?
Larrybsp@aol.com wrote:
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> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>
> Kit,
> You may get away with late braking in a feather weight rice
> bucket but if you late brake with a 3350# Corvette going from 110 to
> 125mph at corner entry you'll get just what I said.
>
>
> Larry
>
> In a message dated 5/4/00 4:45:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kitwetzler@mindspring.com writes:
>
> << Subj: Re: best line
> Date: 5/4/00 4:45:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> From: kitwetzler@mindspring.com (Kit Wetzler)
> To: Larrybsp@aol.com, jeremybb@leland.Stanford.EDU
> CC: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>
> > a race track late braking will over heat your brakes, cause you
> > to over brake for the corner and lose speed, or at worst run off
> > course. FWIW.
>
> 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, as long as I run race
> compound pads.
>
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