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Rick Brown wrote:

Jeff Stuart wrote:

Ed Holley wrote: Just for YUKES, did anyone actually try the righthand "choice"? I'm think'n not.

I went right every run, it worked for me.

*shrug*

Then how do you know the left wouldn't have worked better? ;)

FYI. Jeff netted .5" by going to the right over me going to the left.
Mark D.

Mark DeShon wrote:FYI. Jeff netted .5" by going to the right over me going to the left.
Mark D.

He netted half an inch by hanging to the right? Some might say that was worth it.

Justin Tsang wrote:

Jeff Stuart wrote: My reasoning for going right was that I didn't want to have to shift after it, and so going right evened out the speed a bit more and I was on the limiter for less time.

Given that I was on the limiter for a good 7-8 blips going right, it would've been much worse if I went left.

I went left and was hitting the limiter for a long time. Also was riding the limiter at the finish, tried 3rd a couple times but the worn shifter bushing made it impossible to get back to 2nd for the finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNMgkhTFXWY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Worn shifter bushing huh! Gives me something to think about.

I can never get my car back to second during autox, this is never an issue road racing or on the streets. I destroyed the finish on my last run because of that, just got tired of pegging the rev limiter. Sorry course workers

Mark DeShon wrote: ...
FYI. Jeff netted .5" by going to the right over me going to the left.
Mark D.

Huh no! He netted .5 sec because he's a freakishly good racer ;)

Theo O. wrote:

Mark DeShon wrote: ...
FYI. Jeff netted .5" by going to the right over me going to the left.
Mark D.

Huh no! He netted .5 sec because he's a freakishly good racer ;)

Granted, execution I'm sure had something to do with it, but not half a second worth in 300 feet... At least that's the excuse I'm using. No excuses for all the time he put on me in all the other sectors of the course, except to say I was driving like poo. Which brings me to my next point. What makes him so "freakishly good" is his ability to do it every time.
Mark D.

Here's Tom's video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDwFxU7w ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;