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Heel/Toe shifting question
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<blockquote data-quote="ac427cobra" data-source="post: 5998164" data-attributes="member: 6247"><p>IMHO, </p><p></p><p>#1. The more you have to trailbrake, the more handling issues you have! :read:</p><p></p><p>#2. After listening to Richard Spenard (Google him if you don't know who he is) sitting in my passenger's seat screaming at me (trrrottle, trrrottle-with a thick French accent) just prior to turn-in, I had no friggin' time to be jagging around with a damn shifter at that point! All of that shifting business had to be done by then. That is when my driving style changed for the better. You really don't have time to be shifting at that most critical point of turn-in. At least I don't now. There just is too damn much going on at that point and it's happening way too damn fast! :idea: Two hands <strong>MUST</strong> be on the wheel! There's no time to be dicking around with no stinking shifter! :-D</p><p></p><p>After I saw what he was telling me to do when I was sitting in the passenger seat it made a lot more sense. (yes, he drove my car as well and he loved it!) </p><p></p><p>I used to be a HUGE NASCAR fan and spent quite a bit of time in the garage area at numerous Nascar events. Talked to guys like Ricky Rudd, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Boris Said (we have identical hair!) etc. etc. Many others as well. These guys are professional racers that <strong>earn</strong> their living racing cars. All of them are masters at H/T'ing pedals. :idea: I've never heard of a single professional racer that didn't believe in proper H/T technique. Watching the 'foot cam' on Ricky Rudd's car at either Watkins Glen or Sears Point was memorizing for me. He<strong> IS</strong> a <strong>MASTER</strong> on the pedals! Mark Martin as well. As a foot note, Nascar transmissions are set up to the point that they hardly need a clutch to shift. They get rebuilt every 500 miles (or less) yet these guys are masters at H/T technique. Go figure! :read::idea:</p><p></p><p>:thumbsup::coolman::beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ac427cobra, post: 5998164, member: 6247"] IMHO, #1. The more you have to trailbrake, the more handling issues you have! :read: #2. After listening to Richard Spenard (Google him if you don't know who he is) sitting in my passenger's seat screaming at me (trrrottle, trrrottle-with a thick French accent) just prior to turn-in, I had no friggin' time to be jagging around with a damn shifter at that point! All of that shifting business had to be done by then. That is when my driving style changed for the better. You really don't have time to be shifting at that most critical point of turn-in. At least I don't now. There just is too damn much going on at that point and it's happening way too damn fast! :idea: Two hands [B]MUST[/B] be on the wheel! There's no time to be dicking around with no stinking shifter! :-D After I saw what he was telling me to do when I was sitting in the passenger seat it made a lot more sense. (yes, he drove my car as well and he loved it!) I used to be a HUGE NASCAR fan and spent quite a bit of time in the garage area at numerous Nascar events. Talked to guys like Ricky Rudd, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Boris Said (we have identical hair!) etc. etc. Many others as well. These guys are professional racers that [B]earn[/B] their living racing cars. All of them are masters at H/T'ing pedals. :idea: I've never heard of a single professional racer that didn't believe in proper H/T technique. Watching the 'foot cam' on Ricky Rudd's car at either Watkins Glen or Sears Point was memorizing for me. He[B] IS[/B] a [B]MASTER[/B] on the pedals! Mark Martin as well. As a foot note, Nascar transmissions are set up to the point that they hardly need a clutch to shift. They get rebuilt every 500 miles (or less) yet these guys are masters at H/T technique. Go figure! :read::idea: :thumbsup::coolman::beer: [/QUOTE]
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