share your driving tips Version 2.0
10-15-2007, 09:07 AM
#16
See if the track owner will let the local fast guy paint the fast line on the track surface so everybody can see where they are supposed to be and where they actually are. Then, drive just slow enough that you can stay in the "fast Line".
10-15-2007, 09:27 AM
#17
I don't like the fast line idea, differant setups and cars will be faster on differant lines. Often times the fast guys setup will be completely differant from yours in agressiveness. If he is using a super forgiving setup then that point shoot ultra tight line may not be the one you want to follow if your using an agressive setup that should be trying to cary more speed through that tight hair pin since you don't have as much rear traction.
10-15-2007, 09:35 AM
#18
Another one while on the subject of practice, go out when you see one of the fast guys on the track, let him pass you and just follow him around, it helps in finding a "fast line"
also another good thing is to run back-to-back (if your racing two classes...or more) during practice if its "open practice" it more-or-less helps you work on consistency....then after running both i would make changes and run another practice round.
also another good thing is to run back-to-back (if your racing two classes...or more) during practice if its "open practice" it more-or-less helps you work on consistency....then after running both i would make changes and run another practice round.
10-15-2007, 11:37 AM
#20
Something I stumbled across this friday that will be like "duh" to some people, and "oh I didn't think of that", but you don't have to go full throttle, except on the straight. My car was ok, but I had trouble pushing it, so I ended up just part throttling through the whole track except the straight. I ran my most consistent main to date, sure my laps times were a few tenths off my fastest, but running 5-6 more laps closer together was better than blasting one fast lap followed by 3 slower laps.
10-15-2007, 11:37 AM
#21
If you are consistently having trouble at one corner or section of the track, marshal that corner. You will get a different perspective on how to complete that section and it may help you out.
10-15-2007, 12:45 PM
#23
+1 on that, i may be a kid, but i still believe in not sreaming for the marshals or at drivers who bump me. i think its when new poeple enter the sport and see some of the drivers shouting at people, they think its okay,but they need to learn other wise.
10-15-2007, 01:30 PM
#25
My driving tip is this, when going through slow traffic or passing give the guy ahead of you more room thourgh difficult sections of the track because thats where you will most likely catch them or thats where they will make a mistake. You definitly dont wanna hit and tangle. 
10-15-2007, 01:35 PM
#26
My driving tip is this, when going through slow traffic or passing give the guy ahead of you more room thourgh difficult sections of the track because thats where you will most likely catch them or thats where they will make a mistake. You definitly dont wanna hit and tangle.
If you can talk on the stand, ask if they will let you go around them in in the next corrner, etc.
10-15-2007, 08:12 PM
#30
Get up on the stand and watch the fast/smooth guys. Try to copy their lines, go as slow as you have to in order to hold those lines and make all the obstacles without crashing.
Checkout their hands.
Throttle finger is almost never pegged, always moving.
Try a mod motor in practice, stock will be a cakewalk in comparison.
Don't use a pro's setup if you don't drive like a pro.
Kit setups are easiest to drive for average racers.
Start tuning when you really know what you need.
Get help finding your setup.
START WITH THE RIGHT TIRES IS #1!
Checkout their hands.
Throttle finger is almost never pegged, always moving.
Try a mod motor in practice, stock will be a cakewalk in comparison.
Don't use a pro's setup if you don't drive like a pro.
Kit setups are easiest to drive for average racers.
Start tuning when you really know what you need.
Get help finding your setup.
START WITH THE RIGHT TIRES IS #1!