Fun Track Day, Little Mishap

Sharif@Forged

Every off road excursion or spin is a great learning experience...a teachable moment. That's the way I always see it, and I've gone off a couple times myself. Do this long enough and it will happen but hopefully fewer and further between.

One thing to keep in mind with wheel corrections to prevent spins, is that they have to be early, abrupt, and instantaneous which is usually the opposite of how most driving instructors teach their students how to drive. We ask everyone to be smooth, slow, and precise with the wheel, but when it comes to spin prevention there needs to be more aggression and immediacy in the wheel. Another thought to keep in mind, is the wheel needs to come back to straight before the car does, or else you will end up with a tank slapper, over-rotating, and a spin in the opposite direction.

I have some videos from Sebring with the GT3 that would be great to illustrate this, as Sebring is super bumpy, and the GT3's rear end moves around a lot. I will try to get them up shortly.

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