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Originally Posted by GUMBALL
BUT . . . . the best passing section on the whole track is at Turn 7. Getting a good run out of Turn 8 is nice to discuss, but if it leads to a corner where outbraking someone is a VERY low percentage move, then that is a moot point isn't it??
And I already mentioned exiting Turn 11, but, again, unless you get a good enough exit out of that corner so that your pass can be made between Turn 12 and Turn 1, outbraking someone into Turn 2 is a marginal move.
In this discussion, the "fastest straightaway" may not be the highest miles-per-hour, but the most applicable to your overtaking maneuvers.
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The "fastest straightaway" usually means the fastest straightaway. That's not the exit of turn 6 to turn 7. People start changing definitions when they would otherwise have to take back what they said.
It's clear you read Alan Johnson's 1971 book "Driving in Competition" and espouse his ideas. He says the the most important corner on the track is the corner that leads onto the fastest straightaway. Well, that is a little simplistic and dated. Especially for a track like Sonoma Raceway.
I have already stated that turns 7 and 11 are the best places to overtake. For near equal cars, turn 11 is the most common passing place on the track. Turn 7 is the second most common place to pass.
I never suggested that passing someone going up the hill to turn 2 was a common thing. I've done it with a near equal car and it was dicey. It's easier when passing lapped traffic but still requires care.