Report from Sebring HPDE 4/30/11-5/1/11

Mike

Scary, but a very valuable learning experience!

I really think that in both the 350 and 370, VDC on at the track is a pretty dangerous thing to have. Its way too overprotective. The C6 had a competetive driving mode, that I always ran with on, and it rarely ever intruded, but heck, even on the street vdc can do unpleasant things, like cut engine power when you are trying to cross traffic quickly.

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Shamu

Looks like fun!

From what I see the spin wasnt caused by early apex or too much throttle. You were still turning when you should have straightened the wheel and you lifted. One thing you could have done to avoid the spin was to relax the wheel and steer out of the turn with throttle on. Even if you were to drop a tire off into the dirt you would have gone straight. Dont fight physics you will always lose!

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Grant

spearfish25

but I do think he apexed early. It then carried him wide and he kept turning to try to stay on the track. If you watch the lead car in the video, Flash starts turning in a moment after the guy who's 150ft ahead of him. The lead guy late apexed, Flash early apexed, and the ideal was somewhere in between.

There was a nice dirt area next to the track where you could have gone off straight and then recovered back onto the track gradually. It can be hard to fight the innate desire to stay on track at all costs, but sometimes going off in a controlled manner is the ideal solution.

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ChrisSlicks

It was the sudden lift that sent you around. It is a natural reaction at first when you realize you're going too fast for the corner but it is not the correct reaction when you don't have any VDC to bail you out. You can use a small sharp lift to help rotate the car and then get back on the gas to power through, or you could have kept the line you had and done a little off-roading with 2 wheels as there wasn't anything to hit on that side.

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