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Originally Posted by TRev
I did have one co-drive experience (multiple time National Champ and driver of Eminence) where it was useful. We were seeing something similar to what Biggins described. I was faster all the way through corner exit but my co-driver would carry more speed to the next corner. The end result was he bested me by .041 seconds. As we discussed driving style, the primary difference we found was that he almost solely left foot brakes and I almost never do. Scientifically makes sense due to the time it takes to physically move my foot from the gas pedal to the brake.
My number one goal for this year is to primarily use left foot braking at local events and depending on results/comfort level start doing so at the National level. If I am able to do so effectively, it should make me a faster driver. I spoke to a couple seasoned drivers last year who made the switch. One said that it took him a full season to adjust and the other said it took here a few months.
The other detail that was easy to see from the logs after our co-drive was that I also gained a bit of time off the line due to differences in launch technique.
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I'll have some more good drivers take a spin at test-n-tunes again, but I know my biggest problem is still not looking far enough ahead... and hitting cones. I coned away so many winning/good runs last year.
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Originally Posted by qoncept
The point is that you're supposed to act on the data. Try going slower in, figure out what kind of line that gives you and see what it does for your times. If they don't get faster, don't do it anymore.
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It's tough to act on any data in the middle of the biggest event of the year when our times were identical. We just accepted that we have different driving styles to get to the same place. If I have a codriver and he wants to do data, maybe we'll try it at a test-n-tune this year.
I have to step back a little this year due to the unlucky National schedule, but I'm hoping to do Nationals in CS even though the Thu/Fri run days make it very tough. The only other National event possibility for me looks like the Toledo Match event.
