| Re: Sunday Chat 08.29.10 |
Subject: Re: Sunday Chat 08.29.10 by BillH on 2010/8/29 15:02:03 Quote:
Not in your initial events, no harder than spirited back road driving. It also depends on how hard you drive. I've had both ladies and men in C5s,6's that drive reasonably fast on the track without punishing the car. definately way faster than you can drive on the street. You use up a bit of tires and a bit of brake pads/rotors but not that much. The other end of the spectrum is drivers who push their cars very hard (race speeds) and they do use up tires & brakes. The event's chief instructor will put you in whatever group suits your driving style or how hard you plan to run the car. Many event drivers short shift (at 5k instead of redline) and brake way early for the turns (think of hard braking on a freeway off ramp) and still go fast and have a good time. The agressive drivers brake very late, use up pads/rotors, slid the car some in the turns,etc. The beauty of most HPDE events is that you can drive the way you want to. This is not racing. |
