From: rdh@sli.com (Robert D. Houk)
I remember a video by, I think, Mario Andretti (sp?), and he said (in a
voice-over of a video shot of him flying around some corner, hands con-
stantly "twitching to and fro") something to the effect that if you're
not constantly "correcting" for having "pushed" just a little too hard,
then you're not pushing hard enough [to *WIN*, anyways]. Of course, you
have to be REAL good to push "just enough too much" to be able to re-
cover control, rather than killing yourself!
just keep in mind that most of us aren't Mario Andretti, and what
works for a skilled competition driver is perhaps not a good thing
for a novice to try at the track. my instructors at LRP have been
very specific about line selection and cornering; you turn in, hold
the wheel steady through apex and track out, and unwind through the
track out point. if you have to adjust, you did something wrong.
perhaps after some racing experience, i'll take Mario's advice seriously,
but somehow i think i'm not quite ready to duplicate his driving style.
Possibly a perfectly circular or "regular" corner you could take in a
perfect smooth 100.00% manner, but in real life . . .
actually, Juan Manuel Fangio was famous for finding a perfect or near
perfect line around the track and ``simply'' duplicating it lap after
lap after lap, which is how he got to be world champion all those times.
richard
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