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The main ingredients of any race podium winner consist of::
08-08-2009, 06:14 PM
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Carefully studying the rule book and Class options...then picking one with nobody in it. Any other approach requires a lot of hard work and dedication.
08-08-2009, 08:16 PM
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Here's what I have observed:
1) Change your name to Fred
2) pass people in the grass - often
3) pass people on the outside of T2 in the grass at the Glen
4) put your car in places that corner workers have never seen before - often
5) ignore physics - often
6) cringe when the announcer tries to pronounce your last name at the awards dinner
7) Crashing in the armco during the test and tune to shape the body of the car so to optimize air flow over the body.
1) Change your name to Fred
2) pass people in the grass - often
3) pass people on the outside of T2 in the grass at the Glen
4) put your car in places that corner workers have never seen before - often
5) ignore physics - often
6) cringe when the announcer tries to pronounce your last name at the awards dinner
7) Crashing in the armco during the test and tune to shape the body of the car so to optimize air flow over the body.
08-08-2009, 09:01 PM
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You have to be a student of the racing. read as many book on racing as possible, understand and set goals for yourself that are realistic that you can build on with each race. car setup is imperative, data that you understand or have someone analyze to improve your lap times. Practice like your racing, if you can't do it in practice your not going to do it in a race situation. And you have to learn how to win, after you learn how to loose.
08-08-2009, 09:06 PM
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You might have missed the most important aspect - PREPARATION
- applies to the driver and to the car
- means that you arrive at the track fully ready to get the best out of both
In the kind of amateur racing we all do, being well prepared is half the game. The more you do this the more you'll see guys knocked out by 'surprises' or scrambling to recover from them.
Aside from that, its driver skill and having the car set up to match your driving style. Once you get beyond the basics [car is basically balanced] there's no 'perfect setup'. Its perfect for you, but another fast driver might think its evil.
- applies to the driver and to the car
- means that you arrive at the track fully ready to get the best out of both
In the kind of amateur racing we all do, being well prepared is half the game. The more you do this the more you'll see guys knocked out by 'surprises' or scrambling to recover from them.
Aside from that, its driver skill and having the car set up to match your driving style. Once you get beyond the basics [car is basically balanced] there's no 'perfect setup'. Its perfect for you, but another fast driver might think its evil.
08-08-2009, 09:10 PM
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You have to be a student of the racing. read as many book on racing as possible, understand and set goals for yourself that are realistic that you can build on with each race. car setup is imperative, data that you understand or have someone analyze to improve your lap times. Practice like your racing, if you can't do it in practice your not going to do it in a race situation. And you have to learn how to win, after you learn how to loose.
May I add that you also have to be an acute student of other racers. You want to be surprised by as little as possible when the green flag drops: yourself, your car, the track, the competition.
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08-08-2009, 09:46 PM
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You have to be a student of the racing. read as many book on racing as possible, understand and set goals for yourself that are realistic that you can build on with each race. car setup is imperative, data that you understand or have someone analyze to improve your lap times. Practice like your racing, if you can't do it in practice your not going to do it in a race situation. And you have to learn how to win, after you learn how to loose.
VR, can't even see your posts anymore, all I see is ****.
Hey, Rocco took 3rd in yesterdays NASA sprint, was actually in 1st today for two turns until he decided to do a Tokyo DRIFT 3/4 of the length of No-name!! Our own Dave Bassett had the NASA Limerock record for 1 day too!
08-08-2009, 09:51 PM
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Just curious.......
I have been fortunate enough to hang out with podium winners (D boys) and I have the outmost respect for them.....
I figure if I hang out enough with them, my skills will improve by osmosis......
But seriously...... what makes a winner in any amateurial racing class?.....
I have been fortunate enough to hang out with podium winners (D boys) and I have the outmost respect for them.....
I figure if I hang out enough with them, my skills will improve by osmosis......
But seriously...... what makes a winner in any amateurial racing class?.....
