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Braking Consistently

1/26/2015

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Proper braking technique braking is probably the easiest thing for most people to improve upon and make a large difference in their driving and lap times. The first area most people work on is  proper application speed and amplitude followed by learning to trail off the brakes and carry more speed into corners. 

One spot to pay attention to is the consistency of how the brake pressure is bled off and how smooth this release of brake pressure is. This first graph shows a good release and a release that could use some work. It's important to work on the skill of keeping consistent and smooth brake pressure throughout the release, especially when blipping the throttle in heal and toe downshifts.


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Map Overlays

9/14/2012

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Just like we looked at a couple of Featured Articles ago, some people like graphs and some people like video. Well, some folks like to look at a track map and have data over-layed onto it. This is most commonly done with colors – you know – those colorful rainbow maps with the different bands. 



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1,000 Words

9/3/2012

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Everyone knows the old adage “A picture is worth a thousand words.” In data, we use all kinds of pictures – regular graphs, XY plots, histograms, and many more. Those graphs, while technically pictures, sometimes lend themselves to those with a “math mind.” When we add video to the data, it really adds 1,000 words. 



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Look at the Colors!

1/25/2012

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Sometimes we just need to look at things a little differently to reinforce what we’re seeing. Even though two different style graphs are showing the same information, we can get more out of one. It’s important to remember this when we’re looking at our data. Remember to look at things multiple ways to see which makes the most sense to you and is the most helpful.


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Time To Shift Gears

12/16/2011

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Shifting technique can make a big difference in lap times. I’ve seen bad shifts take as much as 1.2 seconds on an old H box. Good shifts in a new BMW - .4 seconds! The delta of .8 seconds is time that you are not accelerating and maybe even decelerating. A good working transmission and tight shift linkage can make a big difference to quick laps times.


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