The Track Racing Handbook

The Track Racing Handbook

The Track Racing Handbook Syed Misbah syedmisbah.github.io | +91 9066665419 The Handbook of Track Driving Nowadays everyone wants to be a speed racer. Whether is comes out of being a true car lover, or just for the sake of testing your limits to attain that adrenaline rush, street racing, drag racing and performance rallying are something most people having a car aspire or are inspired to do. But one cannot simply drive like Sebastien Loeb or Peter Solberg without having at least a basic technical knowledge of how it all works. And this is what this article, which I have compiled after a great deal of research and personal experience, educates you on…from the techniques behind all those drags and drifts to the underlying principle of how spark plugs and the infamous NOS kits work! Warning: I am 24 right now, and I have had my fair share of high-speed experiences as well as a couple of near misses. Let me tell you this: It is not a good thing at all to drive at insanely high speeds (above 130 kph) in India in any car, be it a Lamborghini or a Skoda. All of your mind is focused on the next few kms of visible blacktop and their flanks, and even if you know there is absolutely nothing around as far as you can see, you have to keep telling yourself that's not enough. After having reached those speeds you realize that it was a bad idea, and that curve in the distance has come in a matter of seconds. You then hysterically reach for the brakes trying to slow down for the corner and just when you feel like you have it under control and are taking the corner slowly, you look at the speedo; the car is still doing 140. At those speeds you lose your sense of perspective. This effect is called velocitization. If 200 seems fast to you, braking down to 100 will seem like you are almost about to stop. Doing such speeds, on any road-especially Indian roads is suicidal. This holds for any car, anywhere. DO NOT RACE on public roads, ever. If you’ve to race, go to your local racing track and book a day. Racing IS DANGEROUS and can cost you your life & possibly that of others. Contents Warning. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Oversteering: ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 In road cars .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 In race cars .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Understeering: ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Physics ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Design ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Basics ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 How it’s done abroad! ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Drag Racing Techniques ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 For Manual Transmissions .................................................................................................................................................... 14 For Automatic Transmissions ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Drifting ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 What is drifting? .................................................................................................................................................................... 17 History ................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Today ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Cars ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 How Is Drifting Done? ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Drifting Techniques ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Heel-Toe-Shifting: ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Power-Over Drift: .................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Handbrake/Handbrake Drift/Parking Turn: .......................................................................................................................... 22 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Left-Foot Braking: .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Pendulum: ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Scandinavian Flick: ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Careful Clutch-Stab: .............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Quick Clutch-Stab .................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Power Slides: ......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 AWD Power Slide .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Instructions: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Clutch-Kick Drift: ................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Shift-Lock Drift:...................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Dirt Drop Drift: ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Feint/Inertia Drift: ................................................................................................................................................................. 27 Changing Side Swing: 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