Ok, this has been bugging me for a while, and I'd like everyone else's thoughts... can you tell work is boring today? How can anyone (by anyone I mean Mark Daddio, John Thomas, etc.) be so far ahead
I don't quite follow, seems to me your saying there is some maximal usage of the car that results in THE best time, that would be 100% and you can't go past that, meaning for the entire course at an
One cannot assume that mere mortals even approach 100% "usage" as you define it here. That would mean the absolutely perfect line, perfect brake point and application, perfect steering input, perfect
I'm saying that a car, always on the limits of the friction circle (and for those of you who want to get picky, moving between the extremes as efficiently as possible) will have a theoretical minimum
I think we ought to hold them down and rip off their shirts to see if there's a big "S" tattooed on the chests'. Karl Rickert CS #38 Alfa Romeo Spider TLS #25
A third theory... Theoretically, (mathematically), dolphins should only be capable of a certain underwater cruising speed in a certain density of water. Theoretically at usage=100% you turn 15 knots.
Of course, if there IS that big S, you won't be able to get to it, which in itself gives the answer. . . . Walter Fooshee I think we ought to hold them down and rip off their shirts to see if there's
Basically they make fewer mistakes than the rest of us ( I don't believe anyone can make a "perfect" run) and probably have the ability to view and understand what to do on course quicker. And lots
I think its a combination of everything you say... First, if you're talking about theoretically computed "maximums", then almost always that theory will have made an assumption somewhere that if vio
I would argue this point. If you really feel like with enough runs, you could match or beat anyone, then practice is the key ingredient. Lets say that Mark Daddio ran a 55.0 after 3 runs. You start a
.. I think you and I are "violently agreeing" as an old co-worker used to say... :-) I agree with you all the way. Bear in mind that while I think I can go as fast as anyone with enough runs on a pa
Well, since Erik mentioned it... I am organizing a McKamey School on Nov 13th and 14th in Ft. Myers FL. Please contact me at (561) 451-2664 or (954) 714-9550 x18 for more information. Come to sunny F
As one who drives the same Honda as John Thomas, I feel compelled to jump in here. I agree that, in theory, every _car_ has a maximum potential. However, as someone else has said, I don't think anyon
Took the schools. Both of them. Was told the secrets. I know how to do it. In theory. Actually DOING it is quite something else again. And therin lies the difference between the Daddios (or, in my ca
And I'll argue that point... ever so slightly. Even after 9 runs, I'll often be saying "Damn, I am still 1.2s off, what should I do different?" But let me ride with John Thomas driving my car in runs
I'd have to agree 100% on what Brian said. I too have experienced drastic improvements that would never have come without "professional help". I took part in the BMW Ultimate driving experience this
Author: "Mike and Lara King" <mapco@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:09:09 -0400
Not to speak for Mark or anything, but he basically has done the same thing he has done at every other Nationals and that's to be one step ahead of everyone else. He has taken what's there in the rul
I just have to ask, was it a car setup tip (unlikely from the story), driving tip or course tip? No need to reveal the actual tip, but I'd like to know if Mark is just that much better reading a cour