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Originally Posted by mattdavis11 View Post
Where does the heel have anything to do with what is known as a heel-toe? I can see and understand if it was called a ball-toe, or something to that effect. I always thought it had to be some weird/difficult maneuver where your heel was on the gas and toes were on the brake (or visa versa) at the same time. After watching a few vids of the so called heel-toe, color me unimpressed.

As I understand it, the technique dates back to a time when pedal clusters on cars were arranged in such a way that one actually used the heel and toe.
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