Here is my version.

I come off Namerow exiting tight on the inside then run a relatively straight line through the kink (up over the turtles - bump -bump) then tracking out.

I move left across the pit straight about 2/3 and lift a bit at the white line before going down to turn one.

At corner 1, I drive down to within 4ft of the cone, turn more (than you think), look up the hill and put my foot to the floor.

At corner 2 (top of the hill) my right wheel is on the turtle and it's a fairly straight line up and over the top of the hill.

After the car settles coming down the hill, I brush the brake a tiny bit as I turn into corner 3 then get back on the gas brfore braking like mad into corner 4.

At corner 4, I am one car width from the left of the track which allows me to brake much deeper into the corner. I have to be careful not to trail brake too early or I lock up the inside wheel. Once I've slowed significantly, I trail brake all the way into 4, where I come out on the inside.


This combination of corners scares the crap out of people. So going fast through here I can catch a lot of people. To make it less scarey, I turn it into a straight as much as I can. I went over the top of 2 loaded once and swore I would never do that again. If I take it as a straight, it's a lot easier to deal with.

Okay local guys, what am I missing?

Bull's eye Pete for turn 1 and 2.

Here is one interesting discussion point; We did some data acquisition in F2000 to see if we should tap the brake at the bottom of two before turn3 or go flat out. It showed that the lap time gained by going flat out was lost most of the time in turn 4. It was explained by braking issues in turn 4 ( locking the inside rear right tire ). Typically, the car would miss turn 4 late apex and that would compromise turn 5 line

That makes sense. That's a lot of speed to get rid of in a very short distance. Over braking and mistakes are likely. Plus if you make a mistake, there's not a lot of margin.

I've tried it both ways and found brushing the brakes to be a lot easier and safer. I don't need that much excirement.

Go down #1 from the center. Wait until I reach the bottom of this section, which brings me 4 feet from the edge and aim at the first set of turtles while the suspension compresses, full throttle up to after the crest. My steering is straight when I crest. Brushing the brakes at the bottom of #2 may serve the purpose of transfering weight to the front wheels, and helping the turn-in to corner 3 if needed (I never brake there). Right after corner # 3 (two wheels on the curbs) I aim to the left of the entry of corner #4 and find myself a straight line to apply the brakes as hard as can be, without risking lighting an inside tires which would translate most likely into messing the whole complex. I start the turn-in on the holes in the pavement. I keep to the right between 4 and 5, with the right tires on the turtle, then lift and turn to the left onto 5. Usually with the inside tires over the inner turtles, wich helps widening the corner.