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Old 2013-05-07, 03:43 PM   #10
sperry
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Real Name: Scott
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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You don't really need to get too far right for the horseshoe. Just need to get to about mid track. Then brake in a straight line and let the braking run you up the hill to about 2/3 high. The uphill braking means you can brake harder with the little extra traction from going up hill. Then let the car run down the hill to the late apex and track out. Lots of people don't track out enough out of the horseshoe.

An alternate line is to stay low all the way around the horseshoe. If you've got a car with power, i think that could work. That way you track out all the way on the corner before, then just stay left all the way around the banking. Still do the whole brake up hill thing, so you're not hugging the curb all the way around, but make no effort to get right beforehand.

I don't do that in the miata because the extra rpm I get running down hill out of the horseshoe is so important on a car without power. But I bet an sti can make the low line work. I'm going to give it a shot if I ever get back out there in the wrx. I've got a GPS that shows instantaneous lap time offset so I should be able to directly see what's fastest.
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