[Fot] Driving Mosport, follow-up on Bill Babcock's post

[yellow04 at tr4racer.com]

Great feedback, thanks Bill!

I wholeheartedly agree with you about 5B. It is one of those corners you 
pitch the car into to get a nice little slide going, so you can mash the 
accelerator way early. If you just drive around the corner, you are much 
slower on the accelerator as you are trying to keep the rear end under 
you.

Another tip I am going to throw out there is how imperative it is to hit 
the first apex on Turn 2. See the attachment, a screen grab from my 
in-car camera. It is easy to spot, so many cars have dropped wheels off 
the pavement that they had to put in a patch. It's easy to see, not easy 
to touch!

Next email, our paddock space!

Henry
860.508.3118

On 2026-06-10 16:35, Ponostyle wrote:

> 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:
>> 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:
>> 
>> 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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