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Re: Cone colors & Daddio?

To: Bob Monday <boysrus_racing@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Cone colors & Daddio?
From: John Whitling <alliancemillsoft@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:05:55 -0400
I have to agree ... I don't even use the same apex every run ... it depends
on where the car ends up after the bumps and the power slides!

John Whitling

Bob Monday wrote:

> Apex for what kind of car? FWD? RWD? AWD? F125/FJr? The Lirpa Loof
> motorcycles? (Did I leave anything out?) ;-)
>
> Can you imagine their use this way in Topeka!!
> "Look, man, Daddio missed the apex. Boy, will this run suck!" <G>
>
> I think it could be a help for newbies, but it's not going to be
> "right" for everybody, and may well be "way wrong" for some. Use them
> in a driver's school and the (often) subsequent-day autocross, then get
> back to the concept of "improving driver skill" (course memorization
> and looking ahead).
>
> Bob Monday
> Boys-R-Us Racing
>
> --- Bill Ozinga <oz@tirerack.com> wrote:
> > A few years ago we started marking apexes with yellow pointers and
> > the
> > response was extremely positive. The trick is minimizing using the
> > pointers
> > to only places where the car will be close to. <snip>
>
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