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Originally Posted by arter
Actually the discussion we all had a couple of weeks ago on the speed aim through some of the turns really helped me. Several of you mentioned which turns you needed to increase your speed on ( like maybe you could go through turn 10 at close to 90 to get a better time). I found I was tapping the brakes before most turns and taking turn 10 at 75 for example.
I found that I would hit an apex and say to myself, gee, I could have taken that turn much faster.
2 weeks ago ( at a CHIN event at the Glen) I started to focus on not braking ( as much), maybe just lifting and seeing what happened. Dramatically decreased my times( of course you have to work up to anything).
So you are right, just lifting at turn 10, hitting about 105 at the turn in cone, drops to just above 90 at the apex, where we are back on the gas again. More of an earlier apex and a slide through the corners....
Running 275/35/18 NT-01's although I am thinking about Hankook Z214's
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OK, figures why I always over braked going into 10, you don't need to brake at all
. I'll try that next time
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