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N1GTR Grand Master

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I thought in an earlier post someone said that the pit lane garages will have power?

Stan, there are the "pit garages" which are actually on the pit lane and the ones being referred to as the "pits" which are free and just behind the pit lane garages, to sort out power etc for your crew, 48222811 - i think the person to speak to is Judy, but anyone on that line will help you out

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4 common mistakes/bad habits for track driving compared to road driving.

#1 by far....over confidence/hero effect....unless you are pete you will end up in a paddock or wall. Just concentrate and build up speed and confidence slowly.

And the others....

#2 not braking hard enough - this is very common...you should be braking as hard as you can without locking the brakes up. Very easy to learn in a car with ABS since you just learn where ABS kicks in and then back off a little. WIthout ABS you need to practice carefully since if you brake too hard you will lock one or more tyres and the braking suddenly gets apalling when tyre is locked. But you will be amazed how hard a car can brake without locking up.

#3 not using the whole track - very common since we are all taught to drive on the left, how often do you get near the right hand gutter of the road? on a track you should use every inch, esepcially in getting to the apex in right hand turns (hard habit to break)

#4 turning in too early - this one is the hardest to get the hang of or even to notice you are doing. Generally, if you are getting a lot of oversteer OR understeer on exit it is probably because you turned in too early. especially in a powerful RWD with low grip (yep thats us, even GTRs) you need to turn in late, straight to the apex and on the gas in a straight line. If you turn in too early and get on the gas too early you will understeer on exit (fall off the outside) if the rears grip, or otherwise you will spin off the inside of the track (oversteer) if the rears let go.

Track driving is brilliant fun, but if you want to go faster you need to concentrate and practice. You should brake and turn in at the same spot each lap, judge it from a braking marker, line across the track etc etc etc, the best drivers brake and turn in within a metre every lap.

Primordial Grand Master

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Thats some good advice Duncan, thanks!!

I can personally testament to #2 - I realised towards the end of the last track day that I wasnt even close to hitting ABS when I was braking! You would be amazed what warm/hot tyres and a usually smooth braking surface can do for your stopping power! It's tonnes more effective than cold tyres and an uneven braking surface (ie. what you would normally experience on the road.)

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should be a great day people..nice cold weather can only mean 1 thing...POWER!! :D

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