Shuffle Steering

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I think it was in the book by Alain Prost - Competition Driving where he made mention of the fact that the most important thing to do was get the job done smoothly and accurately regardless of how it's done.  Arms flailing about hands crossed and going quickly was better than perfect form and going slow I recall he said.

I personally am not a shuffle steer person.  I do move my hands on the wheel but only because of the significant number of turns lock to lock street cars or street car based racing cars typically have.   One thing that is disconcerting to me and feels as if it upsets the car is when someone will let the wheel slide quickly in their hands and then abruptly grab the wheel.  The car then does this waver/wiggle back and forth thing that doesn't feel to right to me.  I think that if you can not be smooth then you should not shuffle steer. 

Steve W. Hoagland