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Originally Posted by dalte2
So, who to believe, the champion auto cross driver who posted this, my own times, all the champion drivers at my local Phoenix AX events, or CSG Mike...... What a difficult decision. The question, does trail braking reduce times even in a first gen? Well, it is a car, so, yes, it does.
Or, I could ask the fast guys in SCC first gens that best me each month. Or, maybe I can believe my eyes when I see their brake lights staying on into corners, darn, they must be trail braking those cars. If they only knew they would be faster if they gave up that silly trail braking habit they spent years learning. (Sarcasm)
This question has been debated and I believe the consensus of those with real world expertise on this subject have won the argument that trail braking works, even on first gen. Is it easy to perfect, no. But, that alone is not an argument against it's use by those looking to excel in that platform.
So, hopefully we are done with this debate.
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Rather than just reading what is available here, I encourage you to dive a bit deeper into the data that is posted, as well as your own experiences, to draw your own conclusions.
Trail braking practice ideally is under a much more control set of circumstances, such as a skidpad by yourself, where you can repeat over and over to see the before/after and direct effect.
In these types of discussions, I prefer to stick to strictly the facts and evidence, rather than toot my own horn, but things get so muddied online where everyone is an expert.
Do what gets you the best results, but do try to keep an open mind; you never know when what you originally thought to be wrong, might be right.