thill.txt 
1730 11 sept 2000


Turn 1:
I've been braking for turn 1, but I think that I remember being able
to take it with just a lift, if not flat, in the MG. I'm definitely
not using all of the track at the exit. The MG does not feel quite
solid going through turn 1.  I suspect that stiffening up the shocks
will help.  I also think that the track entrance from the pits is
slightly off camber, so going all of the way to the outside entering
the turn may not be a win.

Turn 2:
I'm going in very deep and just lightly stroking my brakes. I wonder
if I could do this with just a lift.  Before I try this, I should get
turn one wired first. I slowly work my way to an apex about two thirds
of the way around the turn. I'm usually flat out long before the
apex. When done right, my speed would carry me all of the way to the
berm on the right side of the track at exit.

Turn 3:
I work my way about two thirds of the way back across the track to
enter three.  I aim at the dark conical mountain in the background. It
used to also line up on a flag pole and possibly the lunch trailer.
I've been giving it a light stroke of the brakes going in. The outside
edge of the track is way off camber. The inside line is a good
opportunity for passing. Through turn three, I work my way over to the
right so that I exit the turn on the right edge of the track entering
four. I'm also flat out on the gas fairly early into the turn.

Turn 4:
Enter turn four all of the way on the right side of the track. Make a
good sharp turndown and there is no need to lift. 

Turn 5:
(cyclone)
Enter turn 5 on the right. Brake about two carlengths before turndown,
on the way up the hill. Make a quick turndown, get the car turned and
get back on the gas before apexing at the top of the hill. Take a
straight line across the top of the hill. This lines you up on the
right hand side, going straight down the hill. Even though this puts
you on the inside going into 5a (the right hander) this is not a
problem because the track flattening out at the bottom of the hill,
gives more traction to keep the car on the pavement.

(bypass)
The top of the hill at the bypass is at an angle. If you go straight
over the top based on the path of the pavement you come over the top
with the left rear wheel in the air. When the left rear wheel lands it
makes the car want to spin. The trick is to take the top of the hill
angled slightly to the right so that both rear wheels land at the same
time. 

Turn 6:
I'm still lifting for 6. The MG should be able to take it flat.

Turn 7:
Apex seven to keep from scrubbing speed.

Turn 8:
Turn eight looks scary but with the hill right afterwards, can be
taken flat.

Turn 9:
I've been braking for turn 9, the left hander at the top of the
hill. I'm sure that it can be taken with a lift, possibly flat.
Cross the top of the hill with the right tires at the center of the
track, that lines you up with the right side of the car at the edge of
the track heading straight down the hill.

Turn 10:
I'm doing a lousy job of turn 10. I thought that there was a plastic
reflector at the turndown point, but I didn't see it on my last
visit. Maybe it was under the cone? I'm definitely not getting good
exit speed out of ten. Making sure that I look at the exit of 10
rather than the entrance helps a lot.

Turn 11:
I'm also blowing turn 11. I just can't seem to get a good exit off of
it. 

Turns 12 and 13:
With my slow exits off of 11, 12 and 13 are no problem.

Turn 14:
Turn 14 takes a late apex. Don't target fixate at the entrance and
look around the turn. An early apex can cause you to go off track
between 14 and 15 and get passed by a Frogeye sprite down the
straight.

Turn 15:
A good line out of 14 will set you up for a good line through 15. In
the MG this is taken flat out, using all of the track exiting onto the
main straight.