After many hours I think I have finally figured out how to post a video. This is one of my runs at t-hill on 11-6-09. Not my fastest but it's a start. I wellcome all comments regarding my run as well as the posting.
Good job Dennis, it's not easy posting videos. I couldn't see your apexes on right handers because your camera was at an angle to the left, but I like how you handled T10 and 11 . I think you may have cut through T12 more than I did . You can go faster in T9 if you turn in a little earlier .
Good job Dennis, it's not easy posting videos. I couldn't see your apexes on right handers because your camera was at an angle to the left, but I like how you handled T10 and 11 . I think you may have cut through T12 more than I did . You can go faster in T9 if you turn in a little earlier .
Bil.
Thanks Bill,
I watched your video and already noted that. Starting to enjoy this sport. Turn 12 is now called the Sidney special.
Great to see your video Dennis, and I'm glad to hear that You like this sport more and more
As Bill said, hard ro see the line the way the camera is recording, you might want to see if you can get a wide angle lens to the camera (there are plentu of universal ones and they come pretty cheap, you don't need the best glass there is but it allows you to see more of what happens in front of you (hopefully no gofers running away )
Hard to see the line you drive in the video but looks fine, speed comes with confidence so don't worry !
Great to see your video Dennis, and I'm glad to hear that You like this sport more and more
As Bill said, hard ro see the line the way the camera is recording, you might want to see if you can get a wide angle lens to the camera (there are plentu of universal ones and they come pretty cheap, you don't need the best glass there is but it allows you to see more of what happens in front of you (hopefully no gofers running away )
Hard to see the line you drive in the video but looks fine, speed comes with confidence so don't worry !
Looking forward to future postings as well !
/ Hakan
Thanks Hak,
I zoomed in and also had the camera at the wrong angle. I think I am going to stick w/ a windshield mount, that way I can see and control everything.
Nice work Dennis. The only thing I would ad is it looks like you might not be using all the track in 1, though its hard to tell from the camera angle. Listening to the engine, I would say try to get on the throttle a little earlier and a little harder.
Are you coming up to Sac for the Toy Run?
Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement. I'll be at the Sac run Paul. I have been trying to do just that, sooner acc and later braking, I can see what a diff it makes when I am coming up on someone, getting more confidence in the car and myself.
.... I have been trying to do just that, sooner acc and later braking, I can see what a diff it makes when I am coming up on someone, getting more confidence in the car and myself.
Just a thought, remembering that everyone might have a slightly different
meaning than exactly what they said. Earlier on the accel is almost
always a great thing, presuming that you didn't slow so far as to be
well short of the limits. However, later braking has loss of benefit when
you don't give the suspension time to travel back to neutral before you
turn in at the correct spot. If the front is still forward weighted then
the car is going to try and pivot on the smaller patch of rubber you
have up front, instead of being balanced and lean over to take the
load on both the front tire and larger back tire patch available. In street
cars, that time to get back to balance takes longer than it does in a full
race set up and must be allowed for at the end of the braking effort.
Some do it naturally but for me it took some learning to brake early and
lighter, get the car back to balance and then I could carry more speed,
and more important momentum thru corners. fwiw
Randy
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I generally agree with Randy. You want to ease off the brakes so you don't unbalance the car, especially if you're trail braking. My car, a C4 tends to understeer, so I try to keep some forward weight on it as I turn in to get it to bite. A C5 is probably more neutral, so you may do something different.
Just a thought, remembering that everyone might have a slightly different
meaning than exactly what they said. Earlier on the accel is almost
always a great thing, presuming that you didn't slow so far as to be
well short of the limits. However, later braking has loss of benefit when
you don't give the suspension time to travel back to neutral before you
turn in at the correct spot. If the front is still forward weighted then
the car is going to try and pivot on the smaller patch of rubber you
have up front, instead of being balanced and lean over to take the
load on both the front tire and larger back tire patch available. In street
cars, that time to get back to balance takes longer than it does in a full
race set up and must be allowed for at the end of the braking effort.
Some do it naturally but for me it took some learning to brake early and
lighter, get the car back to balance and then I could carry more speed,
and more important momentum thru corners. fwiw
Randy
Thanks Randy and Paul,
The last couple of times out I was breaking way later and harder making the car "pitch" into turns, especially the sharp turns ie#10 @ thill and noticed it was oversteering, guess that's why. I assume that what caused me to spin out also. Will keep this in mind for the next time, it seems like all good drivers possess this "touch" which I do not yet have so like everyone says, seat time. Car needs to be balanced going into turns makes perfect sense to me.
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My first t-hill video post
. You can go faster in T9 if you turn in a little earlier 
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