[Land-speed] Putting a #2H fine point on Jo Codding'spin

[ifixmgs at cox.net]

I agree that  had the car simply swapped ends, even after backing  off the throttle,   with the brake handle hauled tight at speed,  the leading shoes would be on the wrong side of the drums to be effective -   most of us have re-positioned reversed shoe sets over the years to  "magically" restore    braking power...    

With the throttle lifted,   in  neutral and/or  clutch  engaged, I would think that the CoF between salt and tires is low enough to lock them up  until it swaps ends back to nose first,  reloading  the shoes hard against the drums (providing the lever is hauled tight).  Theres a good chance that a hard tug on the brakes would induce a Hollywood spin regardless of which end is pointing wherever...     

I'd also speculate that once the wheels were  locked up, with all excess slack  out of the cable, when  the tail points in the direction of forward travel again,  the force  holding the shoes locked will outweigh  the negative torque against  the shoe set.     In the last few frames right after the timing tower pass, the car swapped ends one last time right  after the tires squeal (for the first time) and it looks like the brakes were set.  


---- neil at dbelltech.com wrote: 
> They must not be disc brakes then. Maybe a drum setup with leading shoes;
> those become trailing shoes in reverse and need lots higher brake line
> pressure. It would be interesting to know the details.