PorscheG96

Is this anyone here? Good stuff!

333pg333

Love his absolute casualness. Some would criticise the shuffling but it works for him. Fast track too. Well suited to our cars.

raleighBahn

Nice video. He is forced to shuffle steer because he is seated too far back from the steering wheel. The arms are almost straight out and steering with shoulder muscles instead of finer wrist muscles.

333pg333

Yes, although I'd say more biceps/triceps too. When you sit closer it looks like Granny driving but it's what all the Pro's do now. The elbows are much more bent and you're in a 'reading newspaper' in front of you position.

Humboldtgrin

I put a quick release on my steering wheel to get it a little closer because I have the same problem(6'4"tall all legs). I think I will get a spacer along with what I have already to get the steering wheel a little closer to me. I do like how this guy takes them both at the same high speed corner. Good driving.

raleighBahn

To be fair, the truth is that it is hard to not hit your head on the roof with a helmet. And if you have a long torso and legs, even tougher. So getting the lowest seat possible, as well as a steering wheel that extends further is key. Absolutely the best position is where you are fully strapped in your seat and can lay your wrist over the 12 o'clock position of the steering wheel. Everything else is secondary.

One of the great Tarheel Sports Car Club instructors has someone write their name on the board with arm fully extended (elbow straight) and then normal. The lesson being that the shoulders do not offer fine motor movement, and they fatigue quick. Doubly so in the car.

Anyway, this guy is a terrific driver, and if he could get a better seating position, would be more better.

Kris H

raileigh - what you say about wrist-12 o'clock rule is very true, but apart of wheel control and arm fatigue it's also a major safety precaution - in case of sitting far from the wheel, in the event of a frontal crash, there's a probability at least one of your elbows will be fully stretched, leading to serious injury like breaking it and overstretching (bending the opposite way)..

no such thing can happen if the elbows can't be fully stretched while on the wheel regardless of how hard you push yourself "into" the seat.

on topic: nice video - I may sound silly but there's always this nice feeling to seeying one of "our" 20+ years old four bangers beat a lot more modern cars on tracks..

333pg333

If you're building a full track car it's a good idea to seek out a non sunroof and have it grafted to your car. That and moving the seat back with wheel extension gets you a ton more headroom. Add a pedal box and you're away.

raleighBahn

I never thought of that and it would be a grisley injury!

Kris H

The exact same thing is the core of "never sit so far away that you can straighten your knee while pedal is fully pushed". They keep telling that to students in driving schools, but they hardly ever say why, which leads to underestimation.. Now that you vividly imagined by yourself how bad those injuries would be, you will never forget or ignore it.. At least I won't after my instructor opened my eyes.

PF

That looks like a Turbo Cup car. It has the Cup mirrors and the Cup style doorcards. Also the exhaust note on downshifts is exactly like my Cup cars.

Nice driving!