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Old 11-05-2012, 11:15 AM
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Mb3195
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Originally Posted by Skiddins
I used to be the same, but I've been racing on carpet a lot this year to try and reduce the gap between my asphalt results and carpet.

I struggled really badly at the beginning of the year regularly making the B Final my Friday night club (They would have, at most, down to a half filled C Final). I fiddled with setup week after week and steadily got better, putting it all down to my setup changes. Then realised a couple of times that I'd accidentely left most of my asphalt settings on the car and still managed to make mid A-Final.
Now my outdoor and indoor setups are the same except for springs.

I think my improvement has come from running a lot more on carpet than I used to and getting used to the increased grip and tighter turns etc.

Ironically, in turn I think this has improved my asphalt results this year as well!
Generally speaking if you are quick on carpet you will be quick on tarmac. It doesn't always work the other way though.

Indoor carpet racing is harder.
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