WTF Racing Questions w/ Tommy Kendall - /SHAKEDOWN TrackDown

"LeoParente" (shakedown) 09/06/2013 at 10:56 • Filed to: ShakeDown

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SRT Viper racer Tommy Kendall and Corvette Racing Doug Fehan share TrackDown duties when Leo Parente and /ShakeDown go to the racetrack. TK takes his turn from the Baltimore GP. Topics are How To Race A Street Course [Prophetic!], PitLane Etiquette, Which F1 Team for Kimi in 2014, and more. TK has answers.

EL_ULY > LeoParente 09/09/2013 at 17:16

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Still wish the Houston Grand Prix was in downtown instead of being the most extreme autoX parking lot course of all time. Oh well, i got my tickets :)

I lurk the greys for fun > LeoParente 09/09/2013 at 17:23

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I would have settled for a "because race car"

Raphael Orlove > I lurk the greys for fun 09/09/2013 at 17:27

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that's fair

Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito > LeoParente 09/09/2013 at 17:29

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Great minds paraphrase what others already said.

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Zoom > Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito 09/09/2013 at 17:34

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Nice catch.

imaydei > LeoParente 09/09/2013 at 19:52

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Am I an idiot for not knowing what the difference is?

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > imaydei 09/09/2013 at 20:48

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only if you're also a race car driver.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > EL_ULY 09/09/2013 at 21:23

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I still need to get mine.

toyotasupraman > imaydei 09/10/2013 at 03:01

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It's simple:

Can you walk in a straight line? Yes.

Can you walk in a straight line on a tightrope? Probably not.

You're still doing the same motions, but the tightrope means you have to focus 100% on those motions, because a single misstep means you're out.

It's the same on street circuits. Regular circuits usually have run-off everywhere; in a street circuits, a split-second of doubt will end with you fighting with a wall, and the wall will always win.

imaydei > toyotasupraman 09/10/2013 at 11:03

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I understand there is a significant difference between the two from the metaphor, but it still doesn't explain what that difference is.

Is a regular circuit one where the course is built with chicanes and possible grass, gravel, or asphalt between the features and the wall, wheres a street course replaces the chicanes with, say, guardrail? So it's just a tighter course?

toyotasupraman > imaydei 09/10/2013 at 11:47

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Yes.

This is a "regular" modern circuit:

This is a street circuit:

On the former, to drive at the limit, you get close to grass. On the latter, you get close to walls.

Raphael Orlove > Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito 09/10/2013 at 15:56

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I can't lie, that was the inspiration for this post. There wasn't really room for an h/t, but I wanna say thanks, man.

Breakfast Burrito: The True Resident Burrito > Raphael Orlove 09/10/2013 at 18:00

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No, no it's fine. At first I was a bit annoyed, but then I realized that I wasn't the one responsible for the Drive video, nor was I the one who made the quote. I just pointed out what I liked. What I said there was supposed to be a bit of an ironic jab at my own post.