Leh Keen Qualifying at VIR, 2014 TUDOR Championship AJRvWeatherTech GTD Porsche
01-03-2017, 09:26 AM
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Good to hear. Folks forget he's been in this game at a very high level for more than a decade...
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01-03-2017, 09:40 AM
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Given that I enjoy historic racing so much, here's one of my favorite King Leh clips:
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I found it humbling to watch this video. The delta between Leh's driving and a top club racer in a cup car is tremendous. I can't believe the way he enters the climbing esses without any lift and hits 153 mph in the esses. Stunning and a bit depressing.
01-03-2017, 10:06 AM
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Respectfully disagree, Joe. While there is a difference, it's closer than you might think. I like seeing how similar several top level club guys are to the established and experienced pros. You got close a few times!
First, there is the car difference. GTD (GT America) car is quite a step up from a 997 GT3 Cup. Second, this lap is post repave that saw times drop (for the pros) two to three SECONDS under the previous year.
Racing is racing, and so much of this first, ultimate confidence and second, becoming comfortable being slightly uncomfortable (or just completely ok with the car NOT sticking well and being ok with that. Leh, Andrew, Patrick, Joerg and many others got there early on. For others, it may take a lot longer, but some DO get there...
I think videos like this are encouraging and inspiring!
First, there is the car difference. GTD (GT America) car is quite a step up from a 997 GT3 Cup. Second, this lap is post repave that saw times drop (for the pros) two to three SECONDS under the previous year.
Racing is racing, and so much of this first, ultimate confidence and second, becoming comfortable being slightly uncomfortable (or just completely ok with the car NOT sticking well and being ok with that. Leh, Andrew, Patrick, Joerg and many others got there early on. For others, it may take a lot longer, but some DO get there...
I think videos like this are encouraging and inspiring!
01-03-2017, 10:32 AM
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One of my favorite videos. I've watched it many times, and it's my standard reference for VIR (for technique and line, not pace!). Superb illustration of optimal use of the pedals to decelerate to apexes (when deceleration is called for), by braking or lifting. Impressive to see how all of Oak Tree is handled with brake modulation, until getting on the throttle at the exit apex, and the approach is similar at the top of the hill at the end of the back straight, and through the dive into hog pen. Also noteworthy how the little dab of brakes within the climbing esses enables the very high entry speed.
01-03-2017, 10:46 AM
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Leh, unconstrained by "limitation beliefs," accelerates all the way on the flat and into, as well as through, the first three direction changes, THEN hits the brake pretty hard (ONLY when he NEEDS to) for just a short moment to get the nose down and get the car to turn right through the declination of T9. Then, another blast to the brake zone for T10 and he's gone...
The lesson is that it's always better to gas it, then brake when you need to, than to equivocate for a longer period of time...
First saw this a decade and a half ago with David Murry in the Synergy Grand Am car. Remember what he says... "The Esses are just two right turns..."
01-03-2017, 01:25 PM
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Racing is racing, and so much of this first, ultimate confidence and second, becoming comfortable being slightly uncomfortable (or just completely ok with the car NOT sticking well and being ok with that. Leh, Andrew, Patrick, Joerg and many others got there early on. For others, it may take a lot longer, but some DO get there...
Superb illustration of optimal use of the pedals to decelerate to apexes (when deceleration is called for), by braking or lifting. Impressive to see how all of Oak Tree is handled with brake modulation, until getting on the throttle at the exit apex, and the approach is similar at the top of the hill at the end of the back straight, and through the dive into hog pen. Also noteworthy how the little dab of brakes within the climbing esses enables the very high entry speed.
Yes! First I've heard this but that's it exactly.
01-03-2017, 01:40 PM
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This is what struck me as well when watching the video.
This is for Kibort...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerpuYzaJWo
This is for Kibort...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerpuYzaJWo
01-03-2017, 03:12 PM
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I think Mr. Murry's quote need to be on the back of a VIR t-shirt.
01-03-2017, 04:51 PM
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Exactly my thoughts!
01-03-2017, 05:04 PM
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Given that I enjoy historic racing so much, here's one of my favorite King Leh clips:
https://www.facebook.com/ici.les.24h...8186785916487/
https://www.facebook.com/ici.les.24h...8186785916487/
01-03-2017, 10:24 PM
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Big lesson in that video was watching his footwork. Look how he is firm on the brake pedal without jabbing at it or standing on it. Great touch. Like he's stepping on a cat's tail without the cat noticing. He's also very patient with his transitions from throttle to brake and back again. He's always ahead of the car in the transitions. Perfect example of why he gets paid to do it. Text book.
01-04-2017, 01:13 PM
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Respectfully disagree, Joe. While there is a difference, it's closer than you might think. I like seeing how similar several top level club guys are to the established and experienced pros. You got close a few times!
First, there is the car difference. GTD (GT America) car is quite a step up from a 997 GT3 Cup. Second, this lap is post repave that saw times drop (for the pros) two to three SECONDS under the previous year.
Racing is racing, and so much of this first, ultimate confidence and second, becoming comfortable being slightly uncomfortable (or just completely ok with the car NOT sticking well and being ok with that. Leh, Andrew, Patrick, Joerg and many others got there early on. For others, it may take a lot longer, but some DO get there...
I think videos like this are encouraging and inspiring!
First, there is the car difference. GTD (GT America) car is quite a step up from a 997 GT3 Cup. Second, this lap is post repave that saw times drop (for the pros) two to three SECONDS under the previous year.
Racing is racing, and so much of this first, ultimate confidence and second, becoming comfortable being slightly uncomfortable (or just completely ok with the car NOT sticking well and being ok with that. Leh, Andrew, Patrick, Joerg and many others got there early on. For others, it may take a lot longer, but some DO get there...
I think videos like this are encouraging and inspiring!
For those that have never seen this...this is what happens when you put a talent like a (young) Leh Keen with our PCA racers. Granted...this was years ago, but while our top club racers have gotten better...so has Leh...
enjoy...
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01-04-2017, 01:32 PM
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I've watched that one many times. Crazy how he picked his way through the field. Imagine what we would see if you could connect a Go Pro to the brains of drivers of his caliber and see what they see at speed.
01-04-2017, 01:39 PM
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