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Q: Can you talk about rotating the car into a corner using lots of rear brake bias?
Q: “You talk a lot about rotating the car by trail braking, but I find that I can just dial more brake bias to the rear and get the same thing. With more bias on the rear brakes, the rear tires almost slide when I turn into corners and I can turn in earlier and get to my usual apex. What are your thoughts on this?”
Q: Can you help me understand how to use the Garmin Catalyst to improve braking?
Q: Can you help me understand how to use the Garmin Catalyst to improve braking?
Q: Should my car feel as though it’s “on rails,” or is being “messy” okay to be fast?
Q: “Should my car feel as though it’s “on rails,” or is being “messy” okay to be fast?
Q: Can you help me improve my race starts? How do I get better at the start of a race?
Q: Can you help me improve my race starts? How do I get better at the start of a race?
Q: When I’m told to look farther ahead, how far ahead, and specifically where do I look?
Q: “When I’m told to look farther ahead, how far ahead, and specifically where do I look?”
Q: How can I improve how quickly I apply the brakes?
Q: How can I improve how quickly I apply the brakes? And is it possible to apply the brakes too fast?
Q: Should I be using one hand more than the other when turning the steering wheel? And what are your thoughts on the so-called “top hand dominance” method?
Q: Should I be using one hand more than the other when turning the steering wheel? And what are your thoughts on the so-called “top hand dominance” method?
Q: Can you explain who owns a corner when two cars go into it side by side?
Q: “I’ve been racing in endurance races lately, and have had more than my share of close calls, and even a couple of car-to-car contacts. One of the close calls was when another car dive bombed me, and one when I was trying to out-brake another car. Is there a rule or guideline as to who owns a corner when two cars are going into it together?”
Q: How do I go from knowing what to do, to actually doing it on track?
Q: Your ‘tips’ are very interesting but I cannot envision applying what I read to my hands and feet when I’m on the track at a later date. How do I go from knowing what to do, to actually doing it on track?
Q: How do I fix my car from understeering early in the corner and then snapping to oversteer exiting it?
Q: “My car is trying to kill me! 🙂 Going into and through the middle of a corner, it understeers. Then, just past the apex, as I’m getting on the throttle, it snaps into a deadly oversteer. Any thoughts on how to fix that?”
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Got questions? I’ve got answers. This is where I post answers to the many questions I’ve received. You may find the answer to a question you have here, but if not, you have two options: If you want the answer immediately, sign up for my SpeedSecrets.ai app (think of it as “Google on steroids, focused solely on performance/race driving”), or email it to me.
Q: Can you talk about rotating the car into a corner using lots of rear brake bias?
Q: “You talk a lot about rotating the car by trail braking, but I find that I can just dial more brake bias to the rear and get the same thing. With more bias on the rear brakes, the rear tires almost slide when I turn into corners and I can turn in earlier and get to my usual apex. What are your thoughts on this?”
Q: Can you help me understand how to use the Garmin Catalyst to improve braking?
Q: Can you help me understand how to use the Garmin Catalyst to improve braking?
Q: Should my car feel as though it’s “on rails,” or is being “messy” okay to be fast?
Q: “Should my car feel as though it’s “on rails,” or is being “messy” okay to be fast?
Q: Can you help me improve my race starts? How do I get better at the start of a race?
Q: Can you help me improve my race starts? How do I get better at the start of a race?
Q: When I’m told to look farther ahead, how far ahead, and specifically where do I look?
Q: “When I’m told to look farther ahead, how far ahead, and specifically where do I look?”
Q: How can I improve how quickly I apply the brakes?
Q: How can I improve how quickly I apply the brakes? And is it possible to apply the brakes too fast?
Q: Should I be using one hand more than the other when turning the steering wheel? And what are your thoughts on the so-called “top hand dominance” method?
Q: Should I be using one hand more than the other when turning the steering wheel? And what are your thoughts on the so-called “top hand dominance” method?
Q: Can you explain who owns a corner when two cars go into it side by side?
Q: “I’ve been racing in endurance races lately, and have had more than my share of close calls, and even a couple of car-to-car contacts. One of the close calls was when another car dive bombed me, and one when I was trying to out-brake another car. Is there a rule or guideline as to who owns a corner when two cars are going into it together?”
Q: How do I go from knowing what to do, to actually doing it on track?
Q: Your ‘tips’ are very interesting but I cannot envision applying what I read to my hands and feet when I’m on the track at a later date. How do I go from knowing what to do, to actually doing it on track?
Q: How do I fix my car from understeering early in the corner and then snapping to oversteer exiting it?
Q: “My car is trying to kill me! 🙂 Going into and through the middle of a corner, it understeers. Then, just past the apex, as I’m getting on the throttle, it snaps into a deadly oversteer. Any thoughts on how to fix that?”
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