[Fot] Bedding Brakes, dangerous driving

[Kramer, Robert]

...and to a lot of us, that defines the 8/10's rule. Racing just as hard as you can, coming up on a slower car approaching the apex and giving up the pass because you know he will be taking the line. You go 8/10's. If you are going to keep up with the guy you are stalking you may have to go more than 10/10's, getting to the edge of the grass and kicking up the gravel or use you're edgy, maybe risky, off line driving skills. In vintage most times we take it safe and slow it up to either go around or take a position in line behind the slower car, knowing that our prey is getting away. That is what we do in vintage, apologies to Bob Tullias.

The above has nothing to do with the car that is out there bedding brakes or breaking in the engine. When we are on the track, practice or not the line is for racing. The other drivers won't know what we are doing and as Bill accurately pointed out if someone is going at a vastly slower speed the pointing thing doesn't always work. When in doubt we get in line.


So Gary, I don't have a speedo in my car, and I rarely look at the dash at the end of either of those straights. Just how fast are you going at the end of the Hallett straight?

Bob Kramer




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From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of GSFuqua1 at aol.com
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:16 AM
To: britbits at netzero.com; Billb at bnj.com
Cc: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Bedding Brakes, dangerous driving

Having just finished a driving school I can safely say we were told to hold the line and be aware there was a car coming up on us to pass.  We were told repeatedly NOT to leave the line because that is where the over taking driver expected us to be.  Personally I don't have enough experience to say one way or the other.  I just know what I was told.  I try very hard to be aware of everything that is going on, including cars coming up on me.  I do my best not to hold them up by moving over when it is safe but I'm not creeping around the track either.  I hit the end of the straight in triple digits at Hallett and TWS.  Someone coming up on me may indeed be doing triple digit plus but I was told if I got to the corner first then the line was mine and they had to wait to pass.  Again I try not to let that happen in corners but sometimes that can't be avoided.

I guess my point here is there seems to be some confusion and I for one would really like to know what is "Right" and what is just someone's opinion.

Thanks for listening.

Gary


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