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Originally Posted by cdrptrks
N Camarolina I agree with your suggestions/feedback to Robster and I'm glad you made it out of that one without hitting anything unlike this unfortunate person:
After a lot of driving on several relatively flat tracks with lots of runoff, I found VIR to be quite intimidating even though I
thoroughly memorized the track layout beforehand and am comfortable catching slides due to the possible major consequences of losing control in some places although the uphill esses were quite the experience! You will gain more experience correcting slides over time but there may be better tracks in your general area to hone that skill. Autocross (especially staying in 1st gear) helped me with this too and I still try to do autocross practice events a few times per year to stay sharp even though I enjoy road courses more. |
Thanks for the suggestions to get skid control practice. I was all too aware of the close wall on the left of T10, so when the tail stepped out just before the crest/downhill and the first 40 degrees of correction didn't stop the rotation, I errored on going overboard to ensure I had the car going back to the right before I reached the crest. Presumably the downhill would have lightened the rear further and increased the spin rate, and I didn't want any part of that.