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1 Simple Thing Racecar Drivers Should Look For In Their Data or Video
This week we have a slightly different newsletter topic. Rather than my usual format of taking one question and answering it, I wanted to give everyone a straightforward way to self-analyze their driving.
This week's self-analysis tip requires you to have some data (even if all you have is GPS data) or a friction circle to help you visualize your inputs.
What we want to do is pull up a lap or multiple laps and zoom in on our braking zone (longitudinal-G if that's all you have) and look at where our peak brake pressure comes in every braking zone.
In all of your brake zones, we want to see the peak brake pressure coming almost right away (within the first 10% of the brake zone or so). Once we begin any bit of a brake release, we never want to have to add brake pressure back.
Let's take a look at some examples below:
The are two core reasons why we don't want our peak brake pressure coming at the end of brake zones:
1) The faster we are going the more the car is being pushed down into the ground which creates grip. We have more speed the earlier we are in the brake zone, which means the car has more ability to stop faster earlier in the brake zone. (this is the same reason why we usually lock up tires or get into the abs later in the braking zone)
Even if you're driving an unmodified production-based car, you likely still have a tiny bit of downforce pushing the car down.
2) Tires don't like doing two things at once! Usually, the end of our braking zone is after the turn-in point so we are starting to bend the car into the corner.
If our peak brake pressure comes here we are now shifting a lot of weight onto the front end right as we turn in which can create a very unsettled car. It can also overload the front tires by asking them to turn and slow down heavily at the same time.
Go and check out your video and or data to see what your braking zones look like. This is one of the fastest ways to analyze your own driving during a track day or race weekend.
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Article of the Week: . The Top 3 Mistakes Racecar Drivers Make at Sebring International Raceway
There are quite a few drivers in the Blayze community kicking off their 2023 season at Sebring International Raceway this coming week at the SCCA Super Tour. So we thought it would be fun to do a little Sebring special this week!
In this video article, we highlight the three most common mistakes our coaches at Blayze see drivers making at Sebring and how to avoid them!
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