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Riding Skills Series: Blind Turns at the Track

Much different than on the streetIn our last issue, we discussed how to cope with blind turns in a street setting (RSS, Oct. '10). At the racetrack, a blind turn usually presents a completely different obstacle than it does on the street; as such, it needs to be tackled in a different manner. On the street, a blind turn is most often the result of the road being constructed around an object such as a hillside. Your line and approach to the turn should be based almost entirely on safety rather than speed - because you can't see around the corner, you have to prepare for the possibility of debris in the corner or traffic coming the other way in your lane. At the track, a blind turn is usually that way because it is on the crest of a hill. Rarely will there be a turn that you can't see around because of an obstacle, but those pesky track designers like to add challenges like a turn with its apex over the crest of a hill so that you can't see it. Here, we are less worried about a car coming the other way, and more concerned with speed.


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