[Fot] Less than a month to go before the Kastner Cup at Mosport!!!

[Ponostyle]

Nice, yeah, that about sums it up, except for that whole “grow a third testicle” thing. One and two are also off-camber. So if you touch your brakes anywhere close to race speed, you’ll lose a lot of time—mostly because you’ll be in the dirt, going backwards. You’ll notice brakes are mentioned only once without the words moderate, confidence, or no in front of it. I think when I finally got up to a reasonable speed, I touched the brake twice.  I love thinking about that track. I mentioned it last night during dinner, and Diane started laughing. One of my daughters is visiting, and Diane said, “You know how when he comes in after a session, he jumps out of the car and is all excited. When he came in after a session at Mosport, he sat in the car for five minutes, and when he finally got out, he was all somber and grumpy.” I don’t think I was grumpy; I loved the track. It just requires a lot of thinking. It’s one of a kind. I don’t know how anyone has the nerve to run it on a motorcycle. 

If you haven’t driven Mosport, you have a treat coming, and it will change you a bit. Watch Henry’s video four or five times. Realize that wide-angle action cameras make hills look flat. 1 and 2 look like gentle downhill turns—they are not. Turn 5A looks fairly flat—it looks as steep as a wall when you’re approaching it. I used less and less brakes for 5A—Peyote used the momentum well and worked best with its ass sliding a bit into 5B. Watch the difference in Henry’s steering correction between laps 1 and 2 and the rest of the laps. Hit the crest in the right spot and the right angle, and you’re golden. If you miss the magic spot, lift on the throttle right away because you can’t make adjustments anywhere near the apex and expect to stay on the track.

Bill Babcock
Beach Bum
bill at ponostyle.com
https://www.Ponostyle.com

> On May 25, 2026, at 3:23 AM, yellow04 at tr4racer.com wrote:
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> It's not too late to sign up for the 2026 Kastner Cup, being held at the famous Grand Prix track outside of Toronto, The Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, formerly known as Mosport on June 18 through 21, 2026.
> 
> I posted this to the FOT back in November, my in-car video from last year that shows how I get around Mosport. Some fun battles with a Lotus 7 to boot.
> 
> https://youtu.be/sASQejuL_ko
> 
> Highlights of how I get around Mosport:
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> Turn 1, no brakes, blind entry, downhill right hander
> Turn 2, no brakes, blind entry, uphill, then steep downhill, double apex left hander
> Turn 3, moderate brakes, decreasing radius right hander
> Turn 4, steep downhill, more of a kink, go as fast as you dare
> Turn 5A, heavy brakes, uphill right, immediately followed by
> Turn 5B, downhill right, get it right for longest straight on course
> Turns 6 and 7, kinks in back straight, wide open
> Turn 8, confidence brake, very very fast right hand sweeper
> Turn 9, moderate brakes, left hander, focus on setting up for 10
> Turn 10, confidence or no brakes, right hander leading to start/finish - much like the last corner @ Watkins Glen
> 
> Turns 1, 2 and 8 are where the good lap times are made, but screw up 5B and your lap time will suffer immensely.
> 
> The Turn 5 complex is named Moss Corner, as Sir Stirling himself apparently had input on making it a two-part corner. If you are familiar with Virgina International Raceway, it is similar to the Oak Tree complex, just scaled down with elevation change. Oak Tree at VIR is flat, Moss Corner at Mosport is anything but!
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