Thanks a lot Katie for the advice and the vote of confidence! (I have to
admit I have been having a bit of a "crisis of faith" in my driving ability
lately :~).
And thanks to everybody else who posted to the list and emailed me
privately! Hope to see you in Sacto this weekend.
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
To: "'Debbie Cunningham'" <bartsmom@mindspring.com>; "BayArea Team.Net"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: Shifting Question
> Dear Debbie,
>
> I was watching your runs on course Sunday, and I thought it looked like
you
> were driving very well. You were on the gas really early and you were
> carrying a lot of speed through the turns. No doubt you can take this
> autocross thing really far. You're just a couple of quick fine tunings
away.
>
> You can solve the understeer problem by following the advise you just
> outlined. Try slowing down a little bit sooner, taking a wider entry (so
you
> don't have to turn so much and hopefully maintain a little more speed),
and
> as you gently accelerate, unwind the wheel.
>
> Downshifting is what you do when you are absolutely desperate and you've
> exhausted all other possibilities.
>
> Something else you might try is turning the wheel in slow motion. You'll
> feel like you're driving slower, but you're actually just conserving your
> own energy while you let the car do the work. Your times will drop almost
> immediately. Just look at Eric Cheung. I just tell him a couple of simple
> things, and I just know he's going to kick my butt this weekend, and I'm
> just dreading it.
>
> Katie K.
>
> Okay, back to work.
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