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Yesterday at FedEx was not quite what I expected. The course was long and had a great flow. I don't know what it was, but my tires felt very greasy. My pressures were in the range that I normally run (41/38 cold with air temp about 90, not the hottest or coldest of teh summer).
I could slide the front (big suprise) and rear (wow!) at will. I was having a blast steering with the throttle. For the first time in the dry I found myself in a power oversteer situation and felt the fronts starting to dig and pull me along.
There was an extended switchback section that was a real lesson in trail braking rotation. I was amazed. For the first time I felt like I could rotate the car to whatever direction I wanted whenever I wanted.
I know that I wasn't fast yesterday (another big suprise) but I had a lot more fun on my runs than at any other autocross this year. I kept thinking, "This is not the fast way around, but it sure as hell is the fun way!" as slid around the course.
I don't think that it was just me. There were a lot more spins than usual, and a lot people were getting out shape that usually don't.
On the downside, the spins (and timing errors) added up and they ran very late. My heat was supposed to start at 1:30 and the first car didn't move until a few minutes after 3.
I could slide the front (big suprise) and rear (wow!) at will. I was having a blast steering with the throttle. For the first time in the dry I found myself in a power oversteer situation and felt the fronts starting to dig and pull me along.
There was an extended switchback section that was a real lesson in trail braking rotation. I was amazed. For the first time I felt like I could rotate the car to whatever direction I wanted whenever I wanted.
I know that I wasn't fast yesterday (another big suprise) but I had a lot more fun on my runs than at any other autocross this year. I kept thinking, "This is not the fast way around, but it sure as hell is the fun way!" as slid around the course.
I don't think that it was just me. There were a lot more spins than usual, and a lot people were getting out shape that usually don't.
On the downside, the spins (and timing errors) added up and they ran very late. My heat was supposed to start at 1:30 and the first car didn't move until a few minutes after 3.