C8 mid-engine corvette. GM loves their people.

Hotrodz · 10-24-2019, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ZCanadian

100% this.

Even after several years of HPDE days and ride-alongs on the track with experienced drivers, I am truly only just realizing how much I still have to to learn about driving fast. And I've had my license for many, many decades.

Gonna jump on this bandwagon as I went from participating in HPDE with my boosted Z to a Miata. I am approaching one year in the Miata and I was ten seconds faster at the track I did my first event at last week. Between track time and instruction my confidence and skills have increased. The real deal in learning how to drive a slow car fast is being able to drive the car at its limit once your skills have improved accordingly. In a fast car learning becomes slower once you hit a certain point because pushing a fast car to the limit can be extremely dangerous. I am confident that when I get back into my boosted Z I will be slow but way faster than I was when my motor let go.

What I have witnessed is one of my favorite NASA instructor do (he races spec miata) is jump in the car (Corvette Corvette z06) of another experienced instructor and drive it 3 to 4 seconds faster without pushing it in his mind lol!

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Rusty · 10-24-2019, 08:16 PM

Nothing kills your ego faster then having a car with 150 hp less than you past you in the turns. I hate those fricking Miata's. Pass them down the straights, only to see them pass you in the turns.

I had a ride in one driven by a guy that runs the spec series. He was on the gas sooner, on the brakes much later. It was a learning experience.

10-24-2019, 08:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rusty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 70 Posts: 35,571 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684440	Nothing kills your ego faster then having a car with 150 hp less than you past you in the turns. I hate those fricking Miata's. Pass them down the straights, only to see them pass you in the turns. I had a ride in one driven by a guy that runs the spec series. He was on the gas sooner, on the brakes much later. It was a learning experience. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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