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Re: The hardest autox skill?

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Subject: Re: The hardest autox skill?
From: Barry Chafin <bchafin@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 07:55:35 -0800
Did anyone go through Sunday's high speed outbound section without lifting?
I'm still wondering if I could of done so in the, as Scott says, ass
dragger.  I know for certain that I didn't attain the speed I could of
through the section.

Barry - http://www.4d-sport.com/images/206_MoozOver_tinny.jpg

Jeffrey Macko wrote:

> I'll chime in here and agree with that.
>
> I've found that with many of our events I've become accustomed to a
> 40-50mph course.
>
> The last two events have had some really fast parts.  You intellectually
> know it's going to stay planted, but there is that little voice that
> says "Gee this is really damn fast, and I've got a 90 degree turn coming
> up. Perhaps you should let up on the throttle now."  Getting more
> comfortable taking a big sweeper at 60+ and instinctively knowing when
> to brake has been one of my items to work on.
>
> Jeffrey Macko
> BMW 330i STS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toy4speed@aol.com [mailto:Toy4speed@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:52 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: The hardest autox skill?
>
> Personally, it was getting more comfortable going fast in the fast
> sections.
> Not the straights, mind you, but the sorta straights with a kink or bend
> or
> sorta sweeper.
> Maybe just me, but staying on the gas knowing that the car will stick
> was
> pretty hard to accept, and often still is.
>
> Don Lew
> DSP Supra

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