Road Atlanta is big fast and scary. It is most certainly one of the most challenging tracks in the United States, and is also very rewarding and fun! With a relatively high average speed, and only two really hard braking zones (Turn 7 and 10A), Road Atlanta flows and can be smooth as butter (spoken […]
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What data channels do you use to analyze these three corners? Turn 1: Very fast corner! It is also downhill and the apex of the corner is blind on turn-in. I like to use the speed trace here because this is an intimidating turn and the shape of the speed trace shows will show us […]
Turn 1: This corner is high speed with a big compression at the apex. This is not a threshold braking corner, use the brakes to get the weight over the front tires, and slow the car accordingly. The idea is to get back to power before the apex. Rolling speed is very critical here and […]
Recently, I had the chance to race with my good friends: the WineUm – DineUm race team in the newly renamed, ChampCar Endurance Series. They run a BMW E36 (called FiFi) with ONLY 370,000 miles on the odo. The team is led by Jack Joyner, fellow Driving Instructor, Heart of Dixie BMW Cub Founding Father, […]