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So I am giving up drag racing
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<blockquote data-quote="TroyV" data-source="post: 4331565" data-attributes="member: 28469"><p>I'm glad you mentioned this.</p><p></p><p>This season I earned my time trial competition license with COM (in MA.) I had been to NHIS (in Loudon NH.) numerous times, and had a few different instructors there. Since COM is not specific to one type of car or platform, the instructors vary quite a bit. I typically request one of the instructors that drives a Mustang himself/herself as they would have first hand experience with the proper line a Mustang can use with the best efficiency. I usually end up getting whatever they'd throw at me.</p><p></p><p>The thing I wanted to note was the day I earned my license, was actually a day a Mustang driving instructor was in the car with me. He had me doing some stuff from turns 6-10 that was VERY different than I had learned the previous two times I was there. It turned out that the line he had me on was considerably slower than the line I had been using. So I brought it up to him after the session was over... and he brought me in his car to explain. He was significantly slower though that section... But I kept track of his entry and exit speeds and such. Then we went back out in my car. I noted that my entry and exit speeds were almost 10mph faster and the line changes with that much more speed.</p><p></p><p>His stop watch showed I was a good 1.5 seconds faster through that section. I didn't want to press him and say that my line was faster, but the evidence was there, and I said, I think I've got the line down through here.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the session, he signed me off for the license. He wrote the following statement in my log: "Knows when he receives bad instruction, disagrees respectfully, and explains himself and how he know's what is right" As if to say he had me on the slow line on purpose..</p><p></p><p>I guess some instructors like to play games... </p><p></p><p>Sorry for being so wordy.....but the point is, if you think you are getting bad instruction, it is ok to speak up about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TroyV, post: 4331565, member: 28469"] I'm glad you mentioned this. This season I earned my time trial competition license with COM (in MA.) I had been to NHIS (in Loudon NH.) numerous times, and had a few different instructors there. Since COM is not specific to one type of car or platform, the instructors vary quite a bit. I typically request one of the instructors that drives a Mustang himself/herself as they would have first hand experience with the proper line a Mustang can use with the best efficiency. I usually end up getting whatever they'd throw at me. The thing I wanted to note was the day I earned my license, was actually a day a Mustang driving instructor was in the car with me. He had me doing some stuff from turns 6-10 that was VERY different than I had learned the previous two times I was there. It turned out that the line he had me on was considerably slower than the line I had been using. So I brought it up to him after the session was over... and he brought me in his car to explain. He was significantly slower though that section... But I kept track of his entry and exit speeds and such. Then we went back out in my car. I noted that my entry and exit speeds were almost 10mph faster and the line changes with that much more speed. His stop watch showed I was a good 1.5 seconds faster through that section. I didn't want to press him and say that my line was faster, but the evidence was there, and I said, I think I've got the line down through here. At the end of the session, he signed me off for the license. He wrote the following statement in my log: "Knows when he receives bad instruction, disagrees respectfully, and explains himself and how he know's what is right" As if to say he had me on the slow line on purpose.. I guess some instructors like to play games... Sorry for being so wordy.....but the point is, if you think you are getting bad instruction, it is ok to speak up about it. [/QUOTE]
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