Sunday, October 10, 2010

Infineon in Slow Motion

This week the 'Tangs where running on Infineon (old name Sears Point) with the "cup" track layout.

I personally have a love & hate relationship with this track, especially
T2 and T3 does not work too well for me... Too much risk...and i always get in some sort of trouble there :(

Perhaps because both turns have the same characteristic which is a combo of a slight uphill left turn, followed by a quick right turn as the elevation change wears off right at that point.

This upsets the balance of the car incredibly especially when you get on top of the hill and transition from left to a blind right turn the rear likes you slide under you... (The last scene on my youtube video captures this symptom).

The best way to avoid that during those turns for me has been do apply just enough amoung of throttle right on top of the hill, which puts some weight on the rear tires. The key is to be very delicate with throttle or the car starts to understeer a lot as the car is very light on the hills.

Either way I had a great time running a couple practice sessions this week, and captured one of my first full slow motion videos, enjoy :)

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