Re: [race, long] autocrossers

[Kevin Wenzel <kwenzel@privateI.com>]

On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Iain Mannix wrote:

> Single best piece of advice I have heard is to look ahead(which has already
> been suggested).  It works, and really is very important - as it helps you
> use all of the other techniques listed more effectively.  Looking ahead
> will remind you which line to take, when to brake(left foot or otherwise),
> how wide the course is, etc.  Everything sorta builds on itself in
> autocross, but looking ahead helps you put everything to use at once, but
> there are subsets and other, smaller things to work on in the progress.

Brother Mannix speaks the truth...  *Nothing* will save you if you're
constantly focused on the cones 10 feet in front of your car.  It takes
a certain (small, but definite and inescapable) amount of time for 
the process of seeing the course, processing the information, and 
commanding your limbs to do the right magical flailings - seems like
common sense, but it's probably one of the more difficult things to teach
yourself to do consistantly on the course.  Nothing else (to my knowledge)
affects my times as much as how well I concentrate on looking ahead.

ps. Don't listen to me too much; I've only been doing this for a year.

Kevin Wenzel
1981 VW Scirocco S (w/1.8 JH) - DSP #81 (Blix)
Director of Network Operations, privateI, LLC        
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