Hershey Autocross 3/25/12

[csmith74]

Yes, sensei!

[arena]

Bah... how do you know where the limit of adhesion is if you don't go balls out past it? In only 4 or 5 runs, you don't have enough time to creep up to it, so my philosophy is to go wild, then reign it in a bit on the last couple runs...

It would have been an effective strategy as my final run would have put me in first place overall... had I not missed a gate somewhere...

[betegh9]

arena wrote:

Bah... how do you know where the limit of adhesion is if you don't go balls out past it? In only 4 or 5 runs, you don't have enough time to creep up to it, so my philosophy is to go wild, then reign it in a bit on the last couple runs...

It would have been an effective strategy as my final run would have put me in first place overall... had I not missed a gate somewhere...

With 5 runs, I'd rather get it right first, then improve on every run. You be surprised how fast you get to the limit of adhesion when you upset the car. The trick is to keep the car stable and let all 4 wheels do the job....... which is easy to do in a Cayman

.......You probably gained 3 seconds by missing the gate, thus first place overall, but that is not what AX is about. Missing a gate is like.......DNF, no TIME, NFG. If you would have worked up to the last run, driving the right line, you would not have missed the gate, and maybe have your fastest time.

If AX would be EASY, it would be called ROADRACING.