Steering wheel techniques for circuit driving
06-11-2002, 03:52 PM
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Steering wheel techniques for circuit driving
Does anyone practice the Zaccone fixed hand method?
I thought that I'd give it a go (having shuffled all my life) and started a few months ago by learning the hand movements whilst driving about on the roads.
The theory is simple i.e keeping one hand in the same position on the wheel at all times and only repositioning your other hand. In practice it took me quite a while just to correctly wind off lock driving slowly out from a junction for example, the hard bit is repositioning your moving hand quickly enough off and on the wheel and in the correct position. The problem is that I think I can drive using this method now, but I'm never really going to be sure unless I start to seriously slide the car.
I am keen to put this method into practice to improve my on the limit car control, but can any Rennlisters offer any experience which might be helpful in achieving this.
Rocket
P.S all hand movements referred to in this post relate to the manipulation of the steering wheel, of course.
I thought that I'd give it a go (having shuffled all my life) and started a few months ago by learning the hand movements whilst driving about on the roads.
The theory is simple i.e keeping one hand in the same position on the wheel at all times and only repositioning your other hand. In practice it took me quite a while just to correctly wind off lock driving slowly out from a junction for example, the hard bit is repositioning your moving hand quickly enough off and on the wheel and in the correct position. The problem is that I think I can drive using this method now, but I'm never really going to be sure unless I start to seriously slide the car.
I am keen to put this method into practice to improve my on the limit car control, but can any Rennlisters offer any experience which might be helpful in achieving this.
Rocket
P.S all hand movements referred to in this post relate to the manipulation of the steering wheel, of course.
06-11-2002, 05:41 PM
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Rocket: The short answer is yes.
It does make me think of a funny story that concerns my wife and autocross school. Prior to her actually driving I heard a lot of complaints about having to read a book that covered things like where your hands go, the apex of a turn, etc.
When we met our first instructor and he started to ask about what we hoped to learn, she actually started talking about hand control and said she liked the one method called "Zambonie or something like that". I looked at the instructors name tag and started to laugh - our instructor was Terry Zaccone.
Other instructors pointed out that when using the shuffle method, I got my hands messed up on occasion. I've practiced hand control on the street (Zaccone method) for the last two month and am looking forward to our first real autocross this weekend in Sonoma (anyone else going?).
It does make me think of a funny story that concerns my wife and autocross school. Prior to her actually driving I heard a lot of complaints about having to read a book that covered things like where your hands go, the apex of a turn, etc.
When we met our first instructor and he started to ask about what we hoped to learn, she actually started talking about hand control and said she liked the one method called "Zambonie or something like that". I looked at the instructors name tag and started to laugh - our instructor was Terry Zaccone.
Other instructors pointed out that when using the shuffle method, I got my hands messed up on occasion. I've practiced hand control on the street (Zaccone method) for the last two month and am looking forward to our first real autocross this weekend in Sonoma (anyone else going?).
06-11-2002, 09:27 PM
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I didn't even realize there was a name for that method! 
At my first DE many moons ago, the instructors taught us this very method...It stuck! On any turn that doesn't "switch back," this is my method and I like it (even on the street in daily commuting). It seems like less work, and if I need to correct, my hands are already in the right place. For chicanes or a series of tight turns, however, I've found that "shuffling" works best for me...FWIW.
Edward
At my first DE many moons ago, the instructors taught us this very method...It stuck! On any turn that doesn't "switch back," this is my method and I like it (even on the street in daily commuting). It seems like less work, and if I need to correct, my hands are already in the right place. For chicanes or a series of tight turns, however, I've found that "shuffling" works best for me...FWIW.
Edward
06-11-2002, 09:55 PM
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It gets that name in "Secrets of Solo Racing" by Henry Watts. This is the book they provided for our autocross school. I like "Going Faster" the book from Skip Barber better.
