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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
I’ve driven Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. Yeah, it’s weird that you have to look at the top left of the windshield as you’re driving on the turn. Coming out of the turns onto the straights was easy, but as I entered a turn, I always found it difficult to keep my speed up. I kept wanting to slow down.
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I drove Charlotte in a HPDE, so no restrictions on speed. We did the infield first and they told us repeatedly don't try to get on the banking from the flat infield directly, one wheel at a time as you will likely bend your car. We were told to pull along side and go up two right tires, then the two left tires. I then ran to redline in 2nd, third, fourth, and then about the time I entered the straight I was in 5th pedal to the metal.
The track seems to get very skinny for my little 911, even though I know the pros go three cars wide at 200 MPH. My car at redline in 4th is about 115, then continue flat out in 5th. I was not looking at the speedometer, but I was over 5,000 RPM in 5th as the back turns are coming up. I had an instructor in the car and his stern warning was to NOT hit the brakes whatever I did. My testicles were not big enough to stay floored in 5th so I did lift and stayed in the triple digits, then as I come off the back curve the next straight, nail the brakes hard, and slow down to under 50 to enter the infield again. The do it all again. It was a blast.
