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Originally Posted by winders
This tells me you know very little about racing at Sonoma Raceway.....
More passing happens in turn 11 than any other corner on the track. Why? Because people often get great runs out of 10 and are able to setup a pass. Also, even if you get the same run out of turn 10 as your adversary, you can make passes if the inside line is not protected by late braking. Turn 11 is the slowest corner on the track with the highest entry speed to minimum speed differential and is a hairpin...a prime passing zone. Since it is a hairpin, you can mess up the entry and exit all you want braking late as long you mess up the entry and exit for the car you are passing.
Turn 12 and turn 1 passes usually only happen between out of class cars with more horsepower than the cars they are passing or with much better driven in-class cars (usually lapping the car but sometimes when a faster car has to start farther back on the grid).
Also, I arrived at turn 7 closest to the Mustang on laps where I stayed on his ass through turn 6. The lap I passed the Mustang I was actually farther away from Mustang at the entry of turn 7 than any other preceeding lap. I was lucky that his mistake was big enough for me to get by.
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Most passing in Turn 11 is lapping slower cars. With cars of equal speed, it is a very difficult move. And if you do manage to outbrake someone into Turn 11, there is a high likelihood of you making a mistake and get re-passed before Turn 1.
Also, when you did pass the mustang into Turn 7, you were further back, BUT, because you did a better exit from Turn 6, you had a much better run on him than you had on several previous laps.
. . . . . . . and I have not only raced at Sears Point, I have Instructed at car club schools, as well as Driver Coached.
My intention, AGAIN, is not to criticize, but to make helpful suggestions, not only to you, but to anyone else watching these videos. I am not making these comments as a personal attack.
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