SunRiders 7/24 wrap-up
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Good time. have to get better at it..I will have my pics up tomorrow or later today.
Chris
And I was having Stearing issues the whole day. Damn electric.
Chris
And I was having Stearing issues the whole day. Damn electric.
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I-Vtec at 3200......Damn thats sad.
SaturnTypeR is now 03Hatch
I-Vtec at 3200......Damn thats sad.
SaturnTypeR is now 03Hatch
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Originally posted by mofugga
yeah, good job with actually setting up a grid area, that rolling grid always annoyed me & several others.
yeah, good job with actually setting up a grid area, that rolling grid always annoyed me & several others.
Now we know how we can set it up in the future.
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Originally posted by 03Hatch
I will have my pics up tomorrow or later today.
I will have my pics up tomorrow or later today.
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Originally posted by ReginaVagina
Loren, I know I must've looked so terrible.
Hahaha. I was really having fun regardless of how sweaty and drained I looked. I promise. Hahaha. 
Loren, I know I must've looked so terrible.
Hahaha. I was really having fun regardless of how sweaty and drained I looked. I promise. Hahaha.
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Chris, is there a way to correct that?
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if you can only race me in a straight line then whats the point 
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
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Originally posted by ReginaVagina
You looked great out there, Angela!
Loren, I know I must've looked so terrible. Hahaha. I was really having fun regardless of how sweaty and drained I looked. I promise. Hahaha.
You looked great out there, Angela!
Loren, I know I must've looked so terrible.
Hahaha. I was really having fun regardless of how sweaty and drained I looked. I promise. Hahaha.
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if you can only race me in a straight line then whats the point ...91 SMF SCCA
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
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For those who are interested in learning...
Aside from the basic car control, smoothness, and looking ahead type of stuff, you can really help yourself a lot by learning to read a course. That doesn't mean just letting the cones tell you where to go without getting lost. That means picking the correct, most efficient and smooth line through the course. Quite often, the cones don't give you any clue as to what the correct line is.
This course was a good example of that. Even Danny Shield's commented on how it was like a Solo II Nationals course, only scaled down. Why is that? Because the course designer (a first time course designer, btw) studied a National-level course design guide and had the help of myself and Brian Hollands in honing his design.
What's this got to do with you? Well, you can download that same course design guide, read it and get inside the course designer's head!
Here it is, give it a look:
http://home.houston.rr.com/rogerthereal/
You'll find several "tricks" used on this weekend's course mentioned in that guide. Understanding how and why the course designer did what he did can help you to determine the best line, or at least avoid being suckered into the wrong line.
Hint: The fast line around this course was mostly very wide. Cutting in tight on the "apex" cones was almost always a bad decision on this course.
Now go. Study. Become wise. Come back and kick some butt.
Aside from the basic car control, smoothness, and looking ahead type of stuff, you can really help yourself a lot by learning to read a course. That doesn't mean just letting the cones tell you where to go without getting lost. That means picking the correct, most efficient and smooth line through the course. Quite often, the cones don't give you any clue as to what the correct line is.
This course was a good example of that. Even Danny Shield's commented on how it was like a Solo II Nationals course, only scaled down. Why is that? Because the course designer (a first time course designer, btw) studied a National-level course design guide and had the help of myself and Brian Hollands in honing his design.
What's this got to do with you? Well, you can download that same course design guide, read it and get inside the course designer's head!
Here it is, give it a look:
http://home.houston.rr.com/rogerthereal/
You'll find several "tricks" used on this weekend's course mentioned in that guide. Understanding how and why the course designer did what he did can help you to determine the best line, or at least avoid being suckered into the wrong line.
Hint: The fast line around this course was mostly very wide. Cutting in tight on the "apex" cones was almost always a bad decision on this course.
Now go. Study. Become wise. Come back and kick some butt.
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Originally posted by 03Hatch
And I was having Stearing issues the whole day. Damn electric.
And I was having Stearing issues the whole day. Damn electric.
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Damn, I should have come back from FSU this weekend, Oh well sounds like you all had fun. It would have been a great chance to test out my new suspension 
Hehe, I guess I will just have to wait until the august one to see how she performes.
Hehe, I guess I will just have to wait until the august one to see how she performes.
