Driver's Education
Club Racing
Member List
RSS
Help
04-11-2011, 07:24 AM
Hi there Track Junkies,
While at Shenandoah this weekend several of us were discussing the potential for conducting a Heel & Toe Clinic at one of our upcoming events (maybe as soon as Pocono), but since it could possibly involve renting additional space at the facility Myles asked that I try and gauge the level of interest before we commit funds.
The primary target audience would be Green and Blue students, but would obviously be open to anyone. The intent would be to provide access to an open section of track or parking lot large enough to allow cars to get up to ~ 55mph before coming into a designated braking zoneand then practice using proper heel and toe braking & downshifting before turning, and also to allow for a lot of repetition in a setting where you could focus solely on proper technique and not have to worry about the line, traffic, etc. You could do it in between your normal run-group sessions so as not to lose any track time.
Since this is a skill required for promotion as well as something many of us struggle with we were thinking maybe a formal session might be a good idea.
Several instructors, including Todd Reid volunteered to help provide instruction and coaching and given the level of practical racing experience of many of our instructors this could be helpful to many of us. So chime in and let us know what you think!
While at Shenandoah this weekend several of us were discussing the potential for conducting a Heel & Toe Clinic at one of our upcoming events (maybe as soon as Pocono), but since it could possibly involve renting additional space at the facility Myles asked that I try and gauge the level of interest before we commit funds.
The primary target audience would be Green and Blue students, but would obviously be open to anyone. The intent would be to provide access to an open section of track or parking lot large enough to allow cars to get up to ~ 55mph before coming into a designated braking zoneand then practice using proper heel and toe braking & downshifting before turning, and also to allow for a lot of repetition in a setting where you could focus solely on proper technique and not have to worry about the line, traffic, etc. You could do it in between your normal run-group sessions so as not to lose any track time.
Since this is a skill required for promotion as well as something many of us struggle with we were thinking maybe a formal session might be a good idea.
Several instructors, including Todd Reid volunteered to help provide instruction and coaching and given the level of practical racing experience of many of our instructors this could be helpful to many of us. So chime in and let us know what you think!
Jim McCombs
2001 Corvette Z06
2003 911 Carrera 4S
2001 Boxster S
2001 Corvette Z06
2003 911 Carrera 4S
2001 Boxster S
. 
