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Old 04-25-2007, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
I have a rare shot of Todd's hand positions here =>
Here is the actual diagram Larry.
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Bitter, bitter, bitter!
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Good thing that you had a straight to get those sphincter muscles unclenched!
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Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
Bitter, bitter, bitter!
Sadly, it gets worse, not better, with time.

One of these days I will take myself out of voluntarily imposed purgatory, sit my butt in a cup car, and start exacting revenge.

Just joking. Sort of.
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I usually just let God drove when the rear end needs divine intervention.
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Originally Posted by Robert Henriksen
I usually just let God drove when the rear end needs divine intervention.
I can think of so many witty retorts to this comment, but none of which I can say without crossing way, way over the line.
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I usually just let God drove when the rear end needs divine intervention.
We know. All the guys at your "hunting lodge" have told us all about you.
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Well, whaddaya know: he shuffle steered, he released the wheel to allow castor to straighten the car, AND his hands sweated!
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He can even do it in loafers and on the wrong side of the car!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-zbfdPfRg
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Good thing that you had a straight to get those sphincter muscles unclenched!
incidentally, that was the 'most relaxed' that i've ever been through madness

funny enough, i don't seem to learn from my mistakes
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...91819281&hl=en
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Originally Posted by }{arlequin
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-300606513691819281&hl=en
Now there's a good reason to get one of those 5 panel mirrors, so that you can see Todd in the background trying to squeeze by while you were collecting it.
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Now there's a good reason to get one of those 5 panel mirrors, so that you can see Todd in the background trying to squeeze by while you were collecting it.


Funny you should mention that. It didn't happen to be me in that last PCA club race video (}{ is in GT class ), but I have been in that situation more than a few times, like in this video (I am the car right behind }{)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...19083454982728

I guess I make him nervous, or else he is trying to impress me
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Originally Posted by joel-cs
He can even do it in loafers and on the wrong side of the car!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-zbfdPfRg
This video has affected my driving far more than any other video I have ever seen. I saw it about six months after I started doing DEs, and it led me to research what he was doing with his feet, which helped me start to understand more what people meant when they say "drive the rear of the car."
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Originally Posted by TD in DC


Funny you should mention that. It didn't happen to be me in that last PCA club race video (}{ is in GT class ), but I have been in that situation more than a few times, like in this video (I am the car right behind }{)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...19083454982728

I guess I make him nervous, or else he is trying to impress me

I blame his spin on all that **** hanging down in his line of sight: radar detector cable, trim pieces, 88-piece mirror, etc.
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