Official: Mountain Run Saturday April 12th

[yungdz]

i was really talkin about the car in the video u hear losen traction

You hear the car in the vid lose traction because its a drift car

[RJ's325ITS]

Ok, ok, ok, I'm sorry for crossing the 2l yellow.

At least let me explain my self.

Just to make it clear at any point but 2 times I was driving my car to it’s full 100% potential. If you ask me how hard I was driving it hard overall I will have to say around 65 to 75% of it full potential. (my tunable suspension wasn’t even set-up for cornering is set-up to minimize tire wear).

Full potential: Tire traction, suspension, brakes and power wise.


To prove a point if you see when I’m chasing the camera there is time to time I’m cornering and my 2 driver side tires are over the paint stripes and in any of those turns I lose control of my car, why b/c the car was not at its max traction or cornering capabilities.

Now you might think he must to been driving hard to drift the car around that turn, well in reality that drift was text book and one of the simple ones you could do… what am I talking about…. I enter the corner just like in the previous run (camera in the car) but I stay in my brakes a bit longer and then shift my weight to the rear by rolling in the throttle gradually until the rear tires lose traction. Why I did not correct it, number 1 I was there to have fun, number 2 I knew I have enough space to drift it corrected with out even stepping in to on coming traffic and 3rd my sister was bitching about my not drifting when I could…. So I just went for it.

Even monkeys fall from trees:
Yes there was one time where I got carried away and enter on single turn to hot and had to cause a over steer to not get off the road, but if I would the was plenty of natural padding to stop me (not in video).

So from all of that time only once I over drove my tires brakes etc….

The yellow:
I think I was the only one with a co-pilot in the runs. Me and my little sister were running in a Rally configuration team. She will have the long vision: keep her eyes in the next corners and count cars and tell me if I could go wide or not. While I was concentrating in the short vision: making sure I drove the safest lane and adjusting speed to up coming road conditions (change in asphalt, oil water or fluids, and giving room to drivers). Same set-up my uncle and I used when I did Rally back in me teenager years




So I have 4 ayes instead 2 and I kicked you’all ass b/c of that….. just kidding. My sister and I had a blast!

[TonyStark007]

......u still crossed the double yellow...........

[TonyStark007]

..........just playin.........

[matthewAPM]

lmao at crossing double yellow. the reason people do mountain runs is for the corners...why try to go straight?

[DirtyMechanic]

lmao at crossing double yellow. the reason people do mountain runs is for the corners...why try to go straight?

+1

[RJ's325ITS]

The best line to drive:
In a track would be the fastest obviously but then the fastest might not be the line you want to drive for the hole race. Fastest could over heat brakes, tires, engines & at some point drivers. The fastest line is always due to change base on car characteristics, tire wear, weather conditions and ground conditions. A lot of race car driver’s compromise when they are against an aggressive field of drivers and end up taking a safer line. So what is this safe line is the line that will allow you to keep around 20% of the grip of your tires, in other words you will be driving pushing the tires to their 80% of total traction. This lane will allow you to have a 20% grip to react to any defensive maneuver when needed, either using your brakes, throttle or steering.

Mountain Runs:
There is no line to drive, you shouldn't been driving over the speed limits period! But we do it. So that brings us to the question of what is the right line to drive in a mountain run? I hardly believe that said line should be chosen wisely, should be chose with the ego aside and the knowledge of what car are you driving and its potential.

You should not drive or try to tag along with cars that over power your car in all aspects (braking, cornering & wtq), you should be able to know what skill level you fall in. Last you should be know that you car is in its best running condition. You will be your sanctioning body; no one will tell you can’t run because you have old tires, or a cracked windshield etc... Is your life you decide how much you play with it?

So by then you should know you are not driving no F1 car nor a WRC car. So in my own personal opinion you should drive the safest line, you should be able to have enough grip left in your tires to slow down to avoid a biker, in coming traffic, a patch of oil etc... If you have to cross the double yellow to drive the safest line know that you can get your license suspended as I was told. But to me I rather have 40% of my grip to use it as I please that hug my left white line.




So to some people my safe line might look like and aggressive line but in reality is not, I drive the best safe line I can to every occasion even going to work, and has save me and my car numerous times from stupid drivers out there. Knowledge gives you the power to choose



My .02
Rafa,