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(08-17-2011, 11:59 AM)NefCanuck Wrote: Only corner at Mosport that I'm not confident on is Moss Corner (5a & 5b) I don't know if it's me not wanting to harm the car or the car just doesn't like getting whipsawed around like that but I can only nail the driving line at speed maybe 60% of the time, but oh when I nail it and then add throttle the car roars like a lion about to have a meal

NefCanuck

Could be the instructor too ... I know from all my BMW events and the SVTOA ones that guys who drive RWD all the time just can't wrap their head around the different line that a FWD car takes - especially 5a and b ... and I assume it's the same for AWD as well.

What I tell my instructors now is basically ... I'm going to do my own thing at Moss and please reserve judgement until you see my exit speed going into 6 ... now it's one of my favourite and most successful corners and the instructors just shake their head.

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Flo - I recogized the starter in your video so it seems the Patroon boys were up again from NY ... I'm sorry I missed this years event, but the new track rat isn't supercharged yet and NA just isn't fun any more.

Calabogie is one of my all-time favourite tracks even though my brain has trouble memorizing all those turns ... last time there I ran intermediate and was given solo status after the first two runs - and yup, it's all about smoothness and consistency and energy management ... IIRC an extra 5kph out of a corner is equivalent to an extra 100 hp on the straight - so there's no way to overestimate the importance of carrying momentum in and out of a corner.

Glad you had a good time - perhaps we'll see each other next year.