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Old 07-26-2018, 02:28 PM
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Use the brakes, and specifically the timing and rate of release of them, to make you faster.
Yup! Even more important than when you start braking.
Old 08-25-2018, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by miamirice
If your not “steering into the slide” and routinely dropping 2 tires in the grass on a car that isn’t a down force car....you are leaving a lot of speed on the table.

(FWIW- your 1st post perfectly describes how you drive an aircooled 911, the rear engine, light front requires this or it understeers....it’s what’s so fun about the car)

https://youtu.be/napu8VTgRIU
That video is impressive, hard but fair racing!
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I believe it was Mario Andretti who said the last thing he learned about driving was how to release the brakes.
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which brakes?!
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