Lakeside Sprints 17/10/09

[ROB784]

I'll be goin to the sprints next weekend to see how the Colt goes. Anyone else keen?

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[filofaith]

i need to bleed brakes and stuff before i go to track... have fun though post some times and pics ill come out to the next one

[ROB784]

Yeah I'm also trying a timing program I have for my phone.

Racechrono, uses the phones GPS and accelerometer to log the lap time, speed and so on.

[Turbo_Tim]

Hey how did you go?

I see you have pictures on boostcruising already.

[ROB784]

Did alright I guess, did 3 runs, best of first run was a 1:13, best of second round was 1:11, 3rd round was a write off, got stuck behind a bunch of cars for the whole session and only managed a bunch of 1:12.

Must say tho, a much harder track to drive on than QR.

[Turbo_Tim]

Oh well, not to bad for a first time out im sure.

Any heart in mouth moments?

[ROB784]

yeah there was one actually. Starting my third lap I took a bad line going onto the straight as well as lifting off, the car was sliding towards the tyre wall at about 120-140. I just punched it and hoped like hell that it'd pull itself out of the slide lol.

[Macca]

Correctamondo to pull out of a fed slide burry your right foot on the gas and countersteer.


When in a rear end slide, your rear wheels are traveling faster that the front tires. Cause the rear to side and overtake aka spinout the front tires

thus there is mode sideslip in the rear tires which canalso be caused and increased side slip can be caused by a transfer of the center of gravity to the forward wheels cause less grip on the rear.

So whe you apply more gas, you speed up the front wheels and also send the center of gravity aft applying more traction. To the rear of the wheels that before reducing the rear sideslip angle that's strightens you back out

[trackattac]

we are off to qld raceway this saturday if anybody is interested - $120.00
entry form - http://trackattack.com.au/forms/2009...try%202009.pdf

Cheers Jeff
www.trackattack.com.au

[Frogman]

I'd be keen if I wasn't working...