Mmmm... Maybe that's my problem. I don't have to break too much because
I'm not carrying enough speed into 10. I don't dare look down to check my
speed because I might end up in the dirt at the exit. But, I don't even get
close to the rev-limiter in 3rd and I have pretty short gears compared to a
vette. You must be doing close to 1:40 a lap at that speed.
--Navid
Back to drawing boards!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Larrybsp@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 3:16 PM
> To: cmerritt@ati.com
> Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Brakes at Laguna (was: c2 automotive)
>
>
> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>
> I must really be missing something here. Turn 10 at
> Laguna scares
> the hell
> out of me more than any other turn on the track. Maybe its the
> speed I carry
> into the corner in my race prepped Corvette. I come into 10
> somewhere between
> 100 to 110 mph in 4th. I have to brake hard before the entry to
> get through
> 10 and half the time I'm in the dirt on the exit. 10 is pretty
> narrow for the
> speed of entry. I've walked the track and 10 is probably an 80
> degree corner
> after the changes made to open up 11. I also can't believe 10 is
> on camber.
> >From ground level it doesn't look it. I get no understeer
> anywhere at Laguna
> except at 10. I'd love to hear the comments of other drivers with
> 3500# cars
> trying to get through 10. I'm always open to learning a new trick
> or two. Any
> suggestions? TIA.
>
> Larry
>
> In a message dated 11/27/00 2:13:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> cmerritt@ati.com writes:
>
> << ubj: RE: Brakes at Laguna (was: c2 automotive)
> Date: 11/27/00 2:13:51 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From: cmerritt@ati.com (Carl Merritt)
> Sender: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> To: navid@interwoven.com ('navid@interwoven.com'), pnc1@earthlink.net
> (Derek Butts), navidk@home.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>
> > 5) Don't brake too much in 10. It's not as bad as you think. It's an
> > optical illusion. :)
>
> That row of tires in front of the wall in front of the pit lane all of 10
> feet from the edge of the pavement at the exit of 10 is NOT an optical
> illusion! =P
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