This was my first time at summit point.
I have over 3 hours of footage, but I cut out everyone passing me

http://video.google.com/videos...92%22

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Modified by jond at 5:08 PM 12/24/2005

 

How'd you like it dude?

 

looks like you learned a bunch, good!!
Just watch your thumbs, keep them on top of the wheel instead of inside. reason... When you go off (like you did) the wheel could catch 'em and hurt/break them.

Summit point

 

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Its hard to say because I got my car aligned the day before I went, and after they did it I looked at the printout and my settings were basically the opposite of what I had!!! I just wanted it to stop pulling, and they ended up screwing it all up. So I talked to the guy who did the alignment and he said something to the effect of '1/8'' is impossible to set, 0'' is basically the same'. So I ended up with toe out in the back and none in the front.
Plus it seemed there were only 2-3 cars under 300hp in my group. But it was decent. VIR and BeaverRun are better courses IMO, but Summit isnt bad.


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Just watch your thumbs, keep them on top of the wheel instead of inside. reason... When you go off (like you did) the wheel could catch 'em and hurt/break them.
Summit point </TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah my instructor was really good
Good tip about the thumbs.

 

awesome, that track looks like so much fun

i dont have sound on this computer, but it looked like you were very smooth

 

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Do you really find this to be a problem in production cars with relatively large steering wheels?

I only watch out for my thumbs when driving karts, due to the "quicker" movement of the smaller diameter steering wheel.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jond &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Plus it seemed there were only 2-3 cars under 300hp in my group. But it was decent. VIR and BeaverRun are better courses IMO, but Summit isnt bad.

Yeah my instructor was really good
Good tip about the thumbs. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, for HPDE2, there were an astounding number of really fast high-powered cars there (my brother being one of them...). And one of the biggest differences you probably notice between those three tracks is pavement quality; that is, Summit's pavement blows ***.

As for the instructor, Kevin is a great guy

You did look pretty smooth, just have to touch up your line in a few places and get more aggressive with the go-pedal in a few spots (T9 I noticed it especially...just don't lift there...at all). Not bad for your first time though

 

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Do you really find this to be a problem in production cars with relatively large steering wheels?

I only watch out for my thumbs when driving karts, due to the "quicker" movement of the smaller diameter steering wheel.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm with reid on this one. I find my self doing it sometimes.

Nice Vid Jon - v-attack You brake waaaaaaay too much in T3

a lap in my soon-to-be-H4 car - Turning 1:29's in november on old busted tires. Should be in the 28's next year

http://tubas.net/~ryanj/Summit09182005.wmv (right click, save as)

 

It might not be a know problem, but why not avoid it since it's a quick fix?

 

i agree with rob , thumbs could get screwed up , good advice ,

 

amazing vids! TY

 

Looks good