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09-30-2008, 01:26 PM
T2 is definitely interesting, only second to the decreasing radius turn. Both are very unusual turns that really challenge the driver.
My first event at Thunderbolt I was trail braking up to the apex at T2 -- instead of braking hard I was dragging the brake from the turn in point to the apex.
Yesterday though, I found that I could actually turn in before braking. It's an advanced technique that doesn't work well in very many places -- but I was trying to see if I could do it there. I also was doing it into the chicane when I ran that configuration.
The challenge is that you can carry way more speed to the apex than you can away from the apex (because you run out of track). You also get a braking advantage by braking up the hill. The alternative of straight-line braking, though much safer and of course how we instruct, leaves the driver in a neutral throttle position going up a hill.
My first event at Thunderbolt I was trail braking up to the apex at T2 -- instead of braking hard I was dragging the brake from the turn in point to the apex.
Yesterday though, I found that I could actually turn in before braking. It's an advanced technique that doesn't work well in very many places -- but I was trying to see if I could do it there. I also was doing it into the chicane when I ran that configuration.
The challenge is that you can carry way more speed to the apex than you can away from the apex (because you run out of track). You also get a braking advantage by braking up the hill. The alternative of straight-line braking, though much safer and of course how we instruct, leaves the driver in a neutral throttle position going up a hill.