Some instructions on efficiently braking the car and accelerating the car, passing another car and gear shifting.
Shakocho is the setup used in most of the cars used for drifting, where Shakocho is a combination of integrated coilover/shock (McPherson strut). The advantage of this setup is that it helps in altering the height of the cars. When the Shakocho is better, the Japanese call it the “full tap”. The bottom of the [...]
The steering wheel control is another important factor in driving. In order to turn into a corner, enter into the turn by “pushing” the steering wheel with the hand opposite to the turn while stabilizing the steering wheel with the other hand. Rather than pulling the steering wheel towards the 6.00 position, push the steering [...]
The steering wheel grip can be considered perfect or proper when the hands are at the 9.00 and 3.00 positions. In contradiction to the primitive 10 and 2 O’ clock positions, the range of motion and control with your hands is considerably greater with the hands in the 9 and 3 O’ clock positions. The [...]
It is from the steering wheel that a driver gets the most of the feedback of the surface of the track from the front tires of the car, suspension of the car and the brakes of the car. It might seem to be quite simple, but for maximum control and smoothness, a driver should be [...]
Depending on the road conditions, speed, and the traction available, a car may understeer or oversteer. However, the design of the car will tend to produce a specific “terminal” condition, as the car is forced to and past its limit of adhesion. As the result of the design of a car, it tends to understeer [...]
When you change up a gear before it is needed, it can be termed as a Short Shift. In other words, before using up the previous gear, you change up to a higher gear. Why and when do you want to do this? This question is really valid because short shift almost always mean to [...]
Gear shifting the rightway: A Visual Aid While shifting from the top of the box to the bottom, form an open cup with your palm, and place over the shift knob with the inside of your fingers and the palm of your hand making contact. Guide the lever quickly with your fingers, but don’t strong [...]
Passing is not allowed in most club racing of the hot lapping or time trailing varieties. Autocrossing doesn’t involve passing at all. However, there are some things to know in a racing that involves passing, or in a situation where passing in a corner is unavoidable or inevitable. Passing can be achieved successfully under three [...]
Cornering the rightway: A visual aid Maximize the potential radius by approaching the corner on the edge of the track. You can see that the turn in point for this corner is about one full car length pass the brake marker in front of the car. At this point, you should almost complete the braking [...]
Road racing comes down to cornering in the end. The driver who is able to sustain the highest speeds through the turns will have the lowest lap times, assuming the cars to be of equal configuration. Braking and accelerating into and out of a typical corner. Note the pedal pressure variation during the course of [...]