[DeTomaso] Reno-Fernley track report

[adin at frontier.net]

OK, I have not seen the landscape.  But I maintain that the high speed  
dismount carries the most chance of damage and the damage will be  
greater.

I'll be there (if anything runs) and I have memorized the secret to  
surviving track days. (Throttle works both ways)

Again, thanks for the effort!

David, "local yuk" (that should date me)



Quoting MikeLDrew at aol.com:

>
> In a message dated 1/22/09 8 57 44, adin at frontier.net writes:
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>> IMO, there is some conflict between 1) and 2).  NOt being up to the
>> Jim Clark/ Rufus P. Jones [1] skill level [2] it would seem that one
>> can learn as much from the niggly slow corners as the high speed/ high
>> risk situations.  I love to drive but am not willing to stuff a car
>> into a wall or have a "fancy dismount" at high speed.  (Yep, I am the
>> chicken . . .have you passed me yet?)
>>
>
> You make the logical flaw in asserting that high speed = high risk.   In
> fact, the areas that we felt were dangerous were typically among the slowest
> corners on the track, whereas the higher speed sections were   
> comparatively safer.
> One corner that raised concern was a low-speed turn called 'the slide'.   We
> eliminated the top of the 'peanut' from consideration because this would then
> deposit drivers into 'the slide' with a high rate of speed.   Choosing the
> bottom of 'the peanut' results in a much lower entry speed into 'the  
>  slide', and
> a resultant elimination of any danger there.
>
> Mike
>
>
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