Zone 2 VIR 2008

[Mark Fox]

 Aaron, I didn't read Larry's comment until after I responded to you.  His example is involves more at apex or early corner exit where the car is still arcing and wheels are dropped.  Here the extra bite of the dropped loaded wheel will send you across the track.  So you would want to stay ahead of the car and immediately with dropping a wheel steer away from the corner. 

In my example I was thinking more at late stage trackout where the car is more parallel to the track and the dropped wheel is not really loaded.  Dominick Farnbacher last year dropped a wheel going into 11 at VIR, but was late stage corner exit and he rode it out.  Still busted the radiator and screwed the team for the race.

The point he is illustrating is to not get behind the car.  Meaning you have to make the car do what you want it to do and try not to become reactive.

Larry Herman does a nice class on car control.  For some reason with high speed slides on track and staying ahead of the car the following works.  EX. 1. car slides with rear going right. 2.  Almost simultaneously occurring, (back a little out of gas, trick the car with a quick steering wheel flip to the right, then straight and back on gas.)  It has worked well on 2 occasions, once at 100+ and the other at @ 60 in the wet.

You never know if or when the car will hook back up so don't count on a nice controlled power slide like you see in the movies, stay ahead of the car.  Also the car control required in the video games will help with this.  Ask Leh Keen. Hope this helps.