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Old October 29th, 2015, 08:08 PM   #21
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Name: wat
Location: tustin/long beach
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MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14
step 1: work on being consistent. consistency is extremely important if you want to go fast. do not move on until you can do your events (brake/gas/turn/etc) at close to the same exact position each lap for every turn. work on finding sighting marks. cracks in the road. tire skids. signs next to the track. whatever you need to find your frame of reference so you know right where you are at any time.

step 2: progressively turn up the volume to 11. if you can be consistent, then you can progressively take a turn faster and faster until you start to have some kind of issue. if you progressively and slowly phase into higher speeds, you only get little issues and not big ones that cause crashes. you'll want to adjust not just braking markers, gas markers and turn in markers, but also how you hold your body, what you look at, and even things like how you breathe. i go by the mantra of if you're not struggling to stay on track at the exit or struggling with traction, then you're not going fast enough through a turn.

step 3: go racing. following someone faster than you on the same equipment gives you good perspective of what you're both doing different which makes it easy to see which is the better method.

step 4: at the end of the day after everything is said and done, have a beer and watch videos of the race. you get to see all the things you've done wrong that you missed while you were caught up in the moment. why a pass didn't work, why you ran off, why whatever. smart phones that record telemetry is really handy
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