Thread: First track day
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      01-02-2014, 12:10 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by imserious View Post
Great point! Braking hard and deep is not always the right answer. More likely I need to get to know the capability of the brakes so I don't brake too early OR too late. Again this is something easier to learn on the track. I'm not regularly rapidly decelerating from 120+ mph to enter corners in street driving. Need more track time
Actually you can work on braking while street driving. The key to smooth and accurate braking is to know when you need to be off of the brakes before you start braking.

Start applying the brakes more aggressively early on and then reduce braking pressure so that you can't feel the car coming to a stop. The only way you can do that is you have to know where the car needs to stop before you get on the brakes.
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