Originally Posted by Tommy R

I can only offer up my own personal experiences, but yes, it's usually possible to race around the track holding WOT the entire time. However, it just scrubs the tires, generates excess heat/stress in the driveline, and I'm usually much faster if I let off the throttle and/or hit the brake where applicable. And we usually race on pretty open tracks. It's not often that I use brakes on the larger layouts, but I've never raced a circuit where I didn't at least let off on a few corners each lap.

Originally Posted by k_bojar

never had to stop for a slower car in front of you? or a car that had an issue getting back into the racing line? I know I have

I always run brakes - no for drag brakes because you never know when you'll need to stop WITHOUT barreling thru another car