Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu> wrote :
> Read "Secrets of Solo Racing" and also read the somewhat
> dated book "Driving in Competition" by Alan Johnson.
>How to choose a line is coverd a lot in both books. Johnson's is
> about road racing, but a lot of it still applies.
I read all the books available but none really clicked until I read the
recent book by the Skip Barber school (Going Faster?). Also mostly
applicable to road racing (which is why I bought it) but the cornering
theory is 100% valid for solo-II. It finally made me realize that John
Ames quote "late apex as early as possible" is not a joke but the
true secret to a fast corner. Read this book twice!!!!
"Matt Murray" <mattm@optonline.net> wrote :
> It seems no one makes a rain tire (read deep tread) any more
> (if they only made dirt stockers in a 17").
Wrong, oh Hoosier breath. Toyo makes a VERY good rain
tire, and it comes in 235/45ZR17 which is perfect for cars like yours.
I just got a set of full tread Toyo 205 and 225 16s for the rain, then
we had 2 dry races in a row, I didn't even pack the rain tires.
If anyone is interested in reading about a long time
autocrosser's entry into road racing, in the PCA club race series,
you can check out some files I posted to my web site :
http://www.analogman.com/lrp.txt
http://www.analogman.com/pocono.txt
and for good pictures and a vintage race I did last year :
http://members.tripod.com/~analogman/kulery.htm
See you at the Mass tour! (will take some time to get the Pocono
debris off my car...)
P.S. to Josh - you may not be the fastest watercooled Porsche
in AS. And that doesn't count those Audi things like Matt drives ;-)
Regards, mike piera AnalogMike@aol.com
'72 911S Targa AS retired, '73 911RS Replica AP (road racer)
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