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Old 11-21-2002, 10:22 PM   #1
Eric4Nitrous
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Thumbs up Tips for you drag racers

In our first session were gonna talk about how not to be like Jim.lol just j/k. This is for all you guys that have trouble with overcorrecting the car.

If you carry the front tires even an inch off the ground, you can't steer the car. If your going down the track going through the gears and the car begins to drift just a little bit to the left, you are automatically gonna turn the wheel to the right to correct it. You don't even know you've turned the wheel a half a turn until the front tires set down and the car goes crazy. It's not like the driver overcorrected; it's just that your mind and eyes are telling you to turn the wheel, so you do, even though they aren't on the ground. The next thing you know, they (the front tires) hit the ground and the back end wants to come around on you.

How do you correct this problem?

You lift. If you carry the front tires like i just stated, and you start to drift if you go to far with it, you crash. Hindsight sucks in this sport. People may seem to abort a run that, from the outside, doesn't look that bad. But i know personally that sometimes it just isn't going to be good. So i let it go and wait until the next qualifying run or load it up and get ready for the next race. I hope that some of you guys will use some of this next time you get the front tires off the ground.
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