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Changed By: grant
Change Date: February 01, 2011 09:18AM
to expand more fully....
Change Date: February 01, 2011 09:18AM
to expand more fully....
Now have 17 DE days under my belt over a period of 3 years.
The first year i did one event. Good, but by the next year, much was forgotten. Bad habits returned. Feel from the track was lost. Not gone, but diminished.
Next year then, on much pressure to be serious if i wanted ot get any good, i did two. Big improvement.
Each time you go out, you work on something new and a small new world opens up.
I also attend one 3-day event each year. In part because its a fabulous track ( tracks are like golf courses, you want to experience the terrors of each and some have more terrain to eat your balls...) and in part because its a great party, and finally because it turns out, 3 days let's you rally get a rhythm going. So each year i trek 505 miles to VIR, drive 3 days, and trek 3 days 505 miles back. And its worth it. Gorgeous place.
[IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/s4nml5.jpg[/IMG]
This year i did 3 events - Lime Rock, Monticello, VIR. All with NNJR. (plus the usual herd of AutoXes, including the Zone 1 finals)
Early on you'll overcome fear, learn the basics of lines, learn how to brake and gauge speed and distance, etc. Slowly. Then you'll start pushing closer to the limit, experiencing different slip angles (which are tiny little slides at 80 mph or whatever), work on smoothness ( that never ends). Finally, you'll start being fancier with things like heal and toe braking/rev matching and how harrowing that is under pressure even when you do it Ok on the street.
Finally, every instructor finds something new. My first time at VIR (and 2nd time on track) my regular instructor spent 2 1/2 days with me and then left early to trek to Florida. So another instructor (who i know anyway) jumped in when i asked. He IMMEDIATELY foudn something the other guy either missed or tactically ignored. And it helped. So i find each instructor ( the better ones anyway) leaves his or her own little signature. Front he guy who convinced me that tires sing when they are happy to the mystery guy above.
Finally, like any sport, it takes practice. And i would suspect 5 consecutive days >>> 2 (year off) 2 (year off) 1.
Oh don't forget AutoX where you can learn -- and vastly exceed - the limits of your car with nearly no ramifications. except to the cones and maybe your ego.
Grant
The first year i did one event. Good, but by the next year, much was forgotten. Bad habits returned. Feel from the track was lost. Not gone, but diminished.
Next year then, on much pressure to be serious if i wanted ot get any good, i did two. Big improvement.
Each time you go out, you work on something new and a small new world opens up.
I also attend one 3-day event each year. In part because its a fabulous track ( tracks are like golf courses, you want to experience the terrors of each and some have more terrain to eat your balls...) and in part because its a great party, and finally because it turns out, 3 days let's you rally get a rhythm going. So each year i trek 505 miles to VIR, drive 3 days, and trek 3 days 505 miles back. And its worth it. Gorgeous place.
[IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/s4nml5.jpg[/IMG]
This year i did 3 events - Lime Rock, Monticello, VIR. All with NNJR. (plus the usual herd of AutoXes, including the Zone 1 finals)
Early on you'll overcome fear, learn the basics of lines, learn how to brake and gauge speed and distance, etc. Slowly. Then you'll start pushing closer to the limit, experiencing different slip angles (which are tiny little slides at 80 mph or whatever), work on smoothness ( that never ends). Finally, you'll start being fancier with things like heal and toe braking/rev matching and how harrowing that is under pressure even when you do it Ok on the street.
Finally, every instructor finds something new. My first time at VIR (and 2nd time on track) my regular instructor spent 2 1/2 days with me and then left early to trek to Florida. So another instructor (who i know anyway) jumped in when i asked. He IMMEDIATELY foudn something the other guy either missed or tactically ignored. And it helped. So i find each instructor ( the better ones anyway) leaves his or her own little signature. Front he guy who convinced me that tires sing when they are happy to the mystery guy above.
Finally, like any sport, it takes practice. And i would suspect 5 consecutive days >>> 2 (year off) 2 (year off) 1.
Oh don't forget AutoX where you can learn -- and vastly exceed - the limits of your car with nearly no ramifications. except to the cones and maybe your ego.
Grant
Original Message
Author: grantDate: February 01, 2011 09:09AM
to expand more fully....
Now have 17 DE days under my belt over a period of 3 years.
The first year i did one event. Good, but by the next year, much was forgotten. Bad habits returned. Feel from the track was lost. Not gone, but diminished.
Next year then, on much pressure to be serious if i wanted ot get any good, i did two. Big improvement.
Each time you go out, you work on something new and a small new world opens up.
I also attend one 3-day event each year. In part because its a fabulous track ( tracks are like golf courses, you want to experience the terrors of each and some have more terrain to eat your balls...) and in part because its a great party, and finally because it turns out, 3 days let's you rally get a rhythm going. So each year i trek 505 miles to VIR, drive 3 days, and trek 3 days back. And its worth it. Gorgeous place.
[IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/s4nml5.jpg[/IMG]
Early on you'll overcome fear, learn the basics of lines, learn how to brake and gauge speed and distance, etc. Slowly. Then you'll start pushing closer to the limit, experiencing different slip angles (which are tiny little slides at 80 mph or whatever), work on smoothness ( that never ends). Finally, you'll start being fancier with things like heal and toe braking/rev matching and how harrowing that is under pressure even when you do it Ok on the street.
Finally, every instructor finds something new. My first time at VIR (and 2nd time on track) my regular instructor spent 2 1/2 days with me and then left early to trek to Florida. So another instructor (who i know anyway) jumped in when i asked. He IMMEDIATELY foudn something the other guy either missed or tactically ignored. And it helped. So i find each instructor ( the better ones anyway) leaves his or her own little signature. Front he guy who convinced me that tires sing when they are happy to the mystery guy above.
Finally, like any sport, it takes practice. And i would suspect 5 consecutive days >>> 2 (year off) 2 (year off) 1.
Oh don't forget AutoX where you can learn -- and vastly exceed - the limits of your car with nearly no ramifications. except to the cones and maybe your ego.
Grant
The first year i did one event. Good, but by the next year, much was forgotten. Bad habits returned. Feel from the track was lost. Not gone, but diminished.
Next year then, on much pressure to be serious if i wanted ot get any good, i did two. Big improvement.
Each time you go out, you work on something new and a small new world opens up.
I also attend one 3-day event each year. In part because its a fabulous track ( tracks are like golf courses, you want to experience the terrors of each and some have more terrain to eat your balls...) and in part because its a great party, and finally because it turns out, 3 days let's you rally get a rhythm going. So each year i trek 505 miles to VIR, drive 3 days, and trek 3 days back. And its worth it. Gorgeous place.
[IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/s4nml5.jpg[/IMG]
Early on you'll overcome fear, learn the basics of lines, learn how to brake and gauge speed and distance, etc. Slowly. Then you'll start pushing closer to the limit, experiencing different slip angles (which are tiny little slides at 80 mph or whatever), work on smoothness ( that never ends). Finally, you'll start being fancier with things like heal and toe braking/rev matching and how harrowing that is under pressure even when you do it Ok on the street.
Finally, every instructor finds something new. My first time at VIR (and 2nd time on track) my regular instructor spent 2 1/2 days with me and then left early to trek to Florida. So another instructor (who i know anyway) jumped in when i asked. He IMMEDIATELY foudn something the other guy either missed or tactically ignored. And it helped. So i find each instructor ( the better ones anyway) leaves his or her own little signature. Front he guy who convinced me that tires sing when they are happy to the mystery guy above.
Finally, like any sport, it takes practice. And i would suspect 5 consecutive days >>> 2 (year off) 2 (year off) 1.
Oh don't forget AutoX where you can learn -- and vastly exceed - the limits of your car with nearly no ramifications. except to the cones and maybe your ego.
Grant