{"id":32662,"date":"2020-11-09T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=32662"},"modified":"2020-09-03T17:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T00:23:32","slug":"q-whats-the-best-way-to-drive-corners-with-high-steep-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-whats-the-best-way-to-drive-corners-with-high-steep-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: What\u2019s the best way to drive corners with high \/ steep banking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q:<\/strong> \u201c<\/em>My question is about the best line and speed through banked corners. The two I have been on are Turns One and Tunnel at Pocono, and as well as the Carousel on the Summit Shenandoah circuit. I\u2019m not sure if I should be taking a traditional line and hitting the apex, or just travel parallel to the corner and hold a steady speed? Also, do I just keep adding speed to find my limit like a traditional corner?\u00a0Especially at Pocono, the speeds are high and a mistake ends with a trip to the wall, so any input would be helpful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> The simple answer is to drive where the maximum grip level is. That often means getting into \u201cthe bowl\u201d of the banking as early as you can, and stay there as long as possible.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a guideline, not a rule (which means it works more often than it doesn\u2019t, but it doesn\u2019t work always). And this doesn\u2019t mean that you won\u2019t clip down low at the apex, because you could if that\u2019s where the maximum banking angle is. If the track flattens out down low, like there is an apron that isn\u2019t banked as much as the track, then you will likely run where the maximum banking is \u2013 and that might mean running a constant arc around the turn, parallel with the bottom.<\/p>\n

Often, if you take the classic\/traditional line, that means turning in from the outside edge of the track where there could be less banking (and therefore less grip). Instead, you might want to turn in earlier to get the car into the banking as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Of course, all of this depends on the amount of banking the corner has. If it\u2019s a lot, then get in there and use it as much as possible. If it has just a tiny bit of banking, a more traditional line might be the better. Ultimately, you\u2019re weighing up the pros and cons of the traditional line\u2019s benefits with the additional grip coming from the banking.<\/p>\n

And there is no one single \u201calways do it this way\u201d rule that works all the time. You have to try different lines and see which works best. But again, I\u2019d start by driving where the track has the most grip, and that\u2019s often as deep in the banking as much as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q: \u201cMy question is about the best line and speed through banked corners. The two I have been on are Turns One and Tunnel at Pocono, and as well as the Carousel on the Summit Shenandoah circuit. I\u2019m not sure if I should be taking a traditional line and hitting the apex, or just travel parallel to the corner and hold a steady speed? Also, do I just keep adding speed to find my limit like a traditional corner? Especially at Pocono, the speeds are high and a mistake ends with a trip to the wall, so any input would be helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32664,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32662\/revisions\/32664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}