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Post by 8wheelsstidof4 on Dec 18, 2012 13:01:54 GMT -6
Can anyone shed any light to the best lines to follow on the track? I am still learning how to turn left the right way.
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Post by 8wheelsstidof4 on Dec 18, 2012 13:02:29 GMT -6
1/4 mile bull ring....tacky to dry pretty quick usually.
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Post by Toywagon on Dec 18, 2012 14:35:39 GMT -6
You will get alot of suggestions on this topic. First I would say to work on being smooth, and being able to hold a consistent line around the track. Once you get a pretty good handle on that, getting faster starts getting alot easier. You will also get better help and advice from other drivers at the track when your more consistent and looking to get faster. Dry tracks and smooth driving styles work very well together.  |
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Post by 8wheelsstidof4 on Dec 19, 2012 14:10:09 GMT -6
thanks for the info....just got that lead foot that wont let up...lol
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Post by Toywagon on Dec 19, 2012 17:30:06 GMT -6
You can also use youtube and find in car camera's of some of the top dirt drivers names, and watch their hands, and listen to their engines, and pick up on driving styles and techniques which can speed up the learning. If you can find them, look for video's showing dirt drivers trail braking etc.
On a heavy tacky track that stand on it style can work good. When it slicks off tho, it can get you into the corner way to hot, and your mid and exit suffer from it.
Jim
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Post by clamperbug on Dec 24, 2012 11:42:54 GMT -6
toy wagon is on. I race 1/4 mi. and 3/8 mi. on the 1/4 mi tacky I go in hot and slam the corner like a sprint car, sideways all the way around med to high line. Once the track goes to dry then your pretty much driving around corner coming in not so hot. On 3/8 mi. is when smooth comes into play using the high line running the cusion and coming out of the corner with some good speed. On tacky track I use a 2 off rr beadlock and on dry I switch to a 4 off rr beadlock. When I first started we did'nt have any toe out (did'nt know) and the car would go in to the corner tight and the exit was very loose, then the old guy said toe the lf out 6degress which we did and it was day and night. The car is consistant throughout the corner, still a little loose on exit but I think it's my gas pedel causing that. Hope this all helps and good luck with your racing.
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Post by leaf4life on Dec 30, 2012 22:32:58 GMT -6
Put a dozen eggs under your gas pedal, you want to cook them not break them. To learn to go fast, you must start slow. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Concentrate on that as a driving style first.
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Post by confused on Dec 31, 2012 8:03:22 GMT -6
Think about driving dry slick like being on a wet road with semi-bald tires. Driving on the slick takes a lot of practice and self control. Very difficult to learn and takes time.
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Post by Toywagon on Dec 31, 2012 22:33:29 GMT -6
Here is one of my in car cam vids from last summer on a very dry slick track running my B mod. You can see the track is so black slick that you can see the cars reflection's on the track surface.
I can't ever really get the throttle much past 3/4 open, and I am using alot of trail brake getting into the corner, and even dragging the brakes just a bit as im in the middle to keep the car up on the bars. You have to use alot of self control, and let the race come to you to keep from using your tires up. Hope the video is helpful,
Jim
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Post by sterling10 on Jan 7, 2013 23:37:37 GMT -6
for the best lines i always found the guys that are faster than me just try to follow them and try to hold their line smoothly its hard to do but it has helped me a bunch and for dry slick the term slow is fast is a big key to that the moment when you let off the gas when u think everyone is gunna fly by you is good for dry slick
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Post by Krooser on Feb 18, 2013 22:30:11 GMT -6
Going back 25-30 years ago when I was running sportsman and IMCA modifieds three nights per week we set our cars up waaaay different than the cars of today. The hot setup was either a 3 link coil or rear leafs.
When we ran a dry slick track we loaded the front sway bar (yes we actually ran a sway bar on dirt) and put as much lead over the left rear as could bolt it. The car was basically set up for pavement... and they went fast. We'd run low on the track as if on asphalt.
I always ran low buck Ford 351's and I could run pretty darn good against the big dollar engines on a slick track. During the IMCA Florida series in '87 I ran in the top 5 at Ocala on a dry slick, pot holed track that had not been groomed after the previous nights All-STAR sprint car show. The guys with the "down south" motors couldn't figure out how i gained so much power!
I guess I'd try to find a way to run a different set-up when the track slicks up. The one thing I always see today is follow the leader metric cars all running the same basic car and engine and running the same line. How can anyone expect to gain an advantage if they all have the same stuff... sounds like the old IROC Camaro series to me.
Here's a video from '83 that shows the lines the cars would run at my old home track in WI... Hales Corners Speedway (RIP)... these cars, for the most part, ran lots of lead low on the left side when it slicked over. Lots of side by side racing... like the USAC Sprint Car drivers say... "We only have ONE parade lap".
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