[John Rogers]

Sammy's post about momentum is spot on and 914-4s and Miatas are classic examples of this. When our daughter started driving her 2L stock 914 and running SCCA events in 1998 we had her paired with a Miata driver who was nationally ranked and she was patient and easy going as a teacher. We went to events from Phoenix to LA and usually two minimum a month. It payed off well as she was a great learner and at the 2000 Porsche Parade in Sacramento she won her class by 12.73 seconds, still the largest margin in all Parades I think. Her second and third runs were within 1/10 second as she proved to also be consistent! She ended up beating some of those Miatas at SCCA events finally but they were tough once the drivers learned the momentum idea.