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Top Mistakes Folks Make at the Race Track

Old 01-03-2019, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS
i remember one of my first instructors, a porsche guy if memory serves.
my first track car had 4.10 gears, and he was always blown away/confused what gear i was in.

also one of those instances where listening to my own common sense vs what he was telling me to do was the right thing to do. (ie what gear to down shift too/run.)
I'm glad I'm not alone on this, people look at me like I'm nuts when I say that I limited myself to 3rd gear and only added 4th when I was comfortable with the car. I know I'm not going to set a track record and that I'm still learning, I don't have to buy a Miata to drive slower.


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