• Queensland
  • Lakeside General Practice Day - Friday 13th of March (p.2)
2015/02/19 20:11:27
nateo
I would be keen as for that boys but maybe in a few months as i have almost finished my forged track car just waiting on a few parts for her post up some videos or photos of the day would be sweet
2015/02/19 21:07:32
JJJohan
dodgee
Jjohan that is what happens on a time attack day. From my experience general practice is just that. The groups are usually gocarts,open wheelers, and tintops we are in the tintops so if they are coming you will be in with carrera cup porches excel cup cars moslers and mclarens and other superfast machines. You will be watching ur mirrors more than the road ahead. These guys are competition racers and dont give you much room




Aah, I see.. Well I'll have to think about it then, wouldn't want to reveal my Spyder's full power now would we .
2015/02/19 22:08:35
dodgee
Eric if we can be grouped with similiar performance cars i am interested
2015/02/19 23:12:03
-Totenkopf-
Frankly at practice days the onus is on the overtaking driver to make a safe move. the worst thing you can do is move off line or swerve unpredictably off lin. There is usually not that much grip off line and you are more at risk of having an off. Event organisers should be making it abundantly clear at briefing that faster cars are responsible for making a clean move and the slower cars shouldn't be having to move off line and risk their cars for them to make the pass.
2015/02/19 23:17:19
dodgee
All good in theory
2015/02/21 08:00:11
Domma_aw11
this is general practice, meaning general in itself, there's not grouping together, anything can rock up from a 2-CV to a full blown racecar, if u you to be group go do a street sprint day and you wnt work about half a million dollar supercar closing in on you in in a blink of an eye
2015/02/23 09:58:23
Knightrous
The race car guys are running around in $100k+ vehicles, they are interested in getting practice in to setup their cars, they are not going to ruin a days practice or a car by running into you, in fact they are probably more worried about you crashing into them. You are more likely to be run into on the streets where P Plate Commodores or Senior Citizen Camrys try to merge into you, however we all still drive on the streets :)
 
Don't panic, just hold your racing line and speed, the fast guys will get in and around you and be on their merry way.
2015/02/23 14:48:57
dodgee
Only problem is the guys in thr $100k+ cars don't actually own them, they and the excel cup cars and bemer drivers don't care if they trade a bit of paint. I have come very close on a number of occasions while holding the racing line.
2015/02/24 17:51:58
Domma_aw11
Dodgee, have you been to one of the practice days or street sprints??
 
Aaron, Dennis and I raced against the the excels, they get close to eachother but not people who are not racing them... no one wants to wreck their car or anyone else's so I realy do not see what all the worry or fuss is here
2015/02/24 20:01:32
B24
dodgee
Only problem is the guys in thr $100k+ cars don't actually own them, they and the excel cup cars and bemer drivers don't care if they trade a bit of paint. I have come very close on a number of occasions while holding the racing line.



I have raced against a number of classes with various speeds in heavy rain and perfect conditions with minimal issues. Yes everyone get close but that's the way you evolve as a driver.
There is more to driving a race track with others than just holding the racing line when someone is quicker and about to pass you.  You need to watch your mirrors closely, hold the line until the quicker car presents himself then move off the line by a small amount. If you are actually driving the racing line then move off line, the quicker car will see this then make the move. Once the move has begun, you need to make some room to make it as safe as possible. It is not the entire responsibility of the quicker car as you are both out there playing games. If you do not take some responsibility in a passing move you have a greater chance of an incident.
I am surprised as so much negative press about driving quickly at a racetrack as opposed to driving quickly on the street with traffic coming the other way and a high risk of hitting tree's, people, other cars etc.
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