{"id":1092,"date":"2019-04-19T16:42:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathangoring.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2019-05-03T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:00:29","slug":"the-secret-to-going-fast-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathangoring.com\/the-secret-to-going-fast-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing How To Go Slow Is The Secret To Going Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Today I will be giving away one of the best kept secrets to going fast on the track.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Okay so it\u2019s not exactly a secret (you already know it just by reading the title!) <\/span>but many don\u2019t know it exists. What I\u2019m talking about here is knowing how and where to go slow in order to go fast. It sounds incredibly counter intuitive but it can be extremely quick to go \u201cslow\u201d precisely at the right moment in a turn.<\/p>\n

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Think about this. We are on the track on a straight-away. What are we doing?\u00a0<\/h3>\n

We\u2019re full throttle, accelerating down the straight. Eventually we are met with a corner. At this point we must slow down enough to take the turn, and then we re-accelerate after the corner. Pretty much common sense right? Therefore, that must mean there was a moment in the turn where our speed was the slowest.<\/b><\/p>\n

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This fact brings us to the topic of today’s article<\/span>.<\/span> I will be talking about \u201cminimum corner speed location.\u201d If you don\u2019t know what I mean by the \u201cM.C.S.L.\u201dterm, conceptualize this.<\/p>\n

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(Minimum Corner Speed Location<\/em>) \u2013 The Spot in the Turn Where the Car was Traveling the Slowest.<\/h2>\n

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If your goal is a fast lap time this is far more important than you even realize! Where exactly this spot occurs in the turn defines your entry speed vs exit speed balance<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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(Entry Speed vs Exit Speed Balance<\/em>) \u2013 The ideal balance of compromise between coming into the corner quickly versus coming out of the corner quickly.<\/h3>\n

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In order to maintain this ideal Entry\/Exit speed balance it’s crucial to be accurate with your MCSL. Rather than thinking about both variables (entry speed and exit speed), the driver can simplify things by just focusing on where the MCSL wants to occur. And the rest will take care of itself.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see what this concept looks like on AIM\u2019s Race Studio Analysis.<\/p>\n

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Figure 4.1 shows a line graph of my GPS speed (top graph) and longitudinal deceleration force (bottom graph) at Turn 7 at Sebring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you look at the GPS speed graph you can very easily identify your MCSL.\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Furthermore, if you look at the GPS data on the track map (the right side of the image) you get a good visual of that specific spot. What you also see is that your MCSL is at the same moment we transition from experiencing braking force to acceleration force. Two very solid indicators of your MCSL.<\/p>\n

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In this case, you will see an early minimum corner speed which indicates that the strategy for the corner was more exit speed balanced.<\/p>\n

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Different Corners Will Benefit From Different MCSLs<\/h3>\n

That\u2019s where you get into establishing corner priority.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Why Your Minimum Corner Speed Location is so Important<\/h2>\n

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Your MCSL defines your entry speed\/exit speed balance. This balance is so critical to setting a good lap time. We\u00a0 know that we can learn what type of corners are entry speed, exit speed or rolling speed corners simply by looking at a track map. Therefore, we can find a general starting point in the corner where we want to be going the slowest, AKA where we want that MCSL to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can see an example of this put into play with a real life example at New Jersey Motorsports Park – Thunderbolt by downloading the track map below!<\/p>\n

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