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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 01:12 AM |
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Wakefield Park Turn 1: the kink in the straight.
Here's a discussion topic, one that you can all rip me to pieces with because I'm racing from the control room. Though I have punted 2 cars around
Wakefield once upon a time.
From my point of view everyone (at least everyone I watched) is taking that kink too early. Its not a corner you want to hit the apex with. You should
be at the centre of the track going through there. Maybe a bit to the right of centre. But you definitely dont want to be anywhere near the ripple
strip on the inside.
Reason being you then turn sharper, you can then straighten the wheels quicker, you can brake later and harder because the car is heading in a
straight line.
Compounding issues more, if you take the kink too early, when you straighten up you are heading for the outside of turn one and make it a longer
tighter turn than what it needs to be.
Anyway, thats my opinion and something you might want to try next year.
Now, someone tell me how to do the loop at the top of the hill.
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 07:02 AM |
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In my car all of the above flat out! 
I thought the same though Chris, until after last years sprint where that bloke from the BMW club told me to come out from the edge of the track and
then come in to the ripple been to wakefield 5 times now and it appears to be 'the line' ...
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 07:40 AM |
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yeah i'm with you Chris.......had your voice in the back of my head everytime i have been through there  and it works better down in the braking area, being out wide and straight for braking.......went
through there flatish in Rods car, didn't get to pucker up enough to try in the notch
i had to jab hard on the brakes in the middle of the loop up the top, down into the dip, to keep the notch from going off the end of the outside
ripple strip on the exit
take the bloody notch round there! (for the 100 time)...........cause i wouldn't know shiz on how to pedal it round there 
what about the double apex in the middle......why is "everyone" seemingly hugging the inside all the way round........i came past the first apex and
fired back on the second to be lined for the next corner
would love to have the time to sit and watch the old hands race lines
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 08:10 AM |
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The 'line' through the kink depends on a number of things, such as handling characteristics, brakes, tyres, speed and so on.
My car [No.8 Beetle] requires as much 'straight' as possible, to allow the [drum] brakes & narrow tyres to do their job. Wider, softer tyres
would allow a much later apex.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 09:13 AM |
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Point taken Greg, my approach was flat in 4th gear and hit the brakes after the slight kink...being fwd the style may vary abit....BUT always keep the
steering straight when you hit the anchors,
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 10:09 AM |
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Here's the line I take. Go to 1min35 for the start of the lap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH-_euuPaqY
I go as close to the apex as possible, BUT I make it a straight line well before the apex and well after it so it doesn't really feel like a kink. As
Steve has said above, all the braking is done well after the kink and in a straight line.
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 10:42 AM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-dLQ3Ds5C8&feature=related
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 08:12 PM |
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Thats prettry much the line i've taken through 'the kink' as well, but to be honest until i'm actually picking up any sought of speed my braking
areas don't matter to much
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 08:57 PM |
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In your videos craig, both cars are still moving left at the point where they turn right. Since you're making that corner longer its got to be
costing you time going up the hill? I guess its probably not that big a deal. Need to get someone to go down there on a practice day and spend a
decent amount of time on both lines to see if its worth anything.
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 09:32 PM |
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Having spent some time sitting out on the earth bank taking photos for the past three years, my observation (note I'm not saying my experience) is
that when people try to keep too much speed at the end of the straight they end up making the corner sharper, then have to wipe off too much speed to
make it, thus making it harder to get up the hill. You can hear the engine note drop down low as they struggle to get into the sweet spot of their
engine (and some would even drop down a gear). That hill is surprisingly long and steep from what I can tell, and having good speed up there would
wipe far more off your time than the bit of extra speed at the end of the straight, or any time lost by making the corner longer.
All of the smoothest drivers would start wide and try to form a better arc, and you could hear that their rpm was higher as they went up the hill.
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| posted on May 28th, 2011 at 09:59 PM |
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I wish I had a chance to watch Daniel Reynolds in the vee; he msut of had the best line (please note what greg said though) but he set a 1:08 in a vee
so that pretty darn thrifty
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| posted on May 29th, 2011 at 05:57 PM |
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what kink are u taking about hold it flat till car drifts to left hand side of track hard on brakes turn right head for apex and squeeze the throttle
and drift right out to the ripple strip Caution some testical fortitude required Cheers Rudi
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| posted on May 29th, 2011 at 07:36 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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In your videos craig, both cars are still moving left at the point where they turn right. Since you're making that corner longer its got to be
costing you time going up the hill?
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Re the corner, It may technically be longer but the corner speed is a lot higher on the wider arc....so it actually makes you quicker up the hill.
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| posted on May 30th, 2011 at 08:55 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
| Quote: | Originally
posted by amazeer
In your videos craig, both cars are still moving left at the point where they turn right. Since you're making that corner longer its got to be
costing you time going up the hill?
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Re the corner, It may technically be longer but the corner speed is a lot higher on the wider arc....so it actually makes you quicker up the hill.
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I'm with Craig on this one, taking that line definatley aids getting up the hill I really notice if I don't get the line right my 3rd gear just
dies, where as getting a good run through using the 'wider arc' keeps my revs up and my motor in it's "power" band much better than the other
lines.
I come from the far left, in towards the ripple strip and then shift down to 3rd touch the brakes, turn and then power on in a pseudo drift around and
up the hill.
I'll find a video from Sept last year when I was there with the historics.
Cheers
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| posted on May 30th, 2011 at 09:13 AM |
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Hey Shaun,
Is that "power band" an "elastic band":?
Sorry mate, I know that was a bit unkind, but I couldn't resist it!
Cheers, Greg
P.S. I think that you are correct with your 'line'.
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| posted on May 30th, 2011 at 12:13 PM |
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real question is am I flat out or just flat...
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| posted on May 30th, 2011 at 09:54 PM |
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Alright, I'll disagree just one more time, and only because its one of the most important corners of the track.... if you were to look at that corner
in isolation theres no way you would be moving left just before you turned right. You would go to the far left way before then. I dont see why you
treat the corner differently because there is a kink 200ish metres before it.
I'm not so convinced that it would make much of a difference either way but in theory I reckon I'm right  But then not too many driving instructors would teach the Craig Lowndes approach to every corner and
he seems to make enough money from his unique methods. I'll have to keep some money spare next year for a licence to put my theory to work.
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| posted on July 30th, 2011 at 04:34 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TAEh-KIMA8&feature=related
Video for Chris, I reckon this is about the best view you could get! Great video
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| posted on July 30th, 2011 at 05:42 PM |
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Cool. I was leaning my head to combat the g forces
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| posted on July 30th, 2011 at 07:28 PM |
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Absolutely brilliant,really enjoyed it.
Cheers Les
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| posted on August 1st, 2011 at 03:35 PM |
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| posted on August 1st, 2011 at 08:07 PM |
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hahahaha how many times do I get passed in that movie!!!
nice thanks for sharing
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