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Old 03-18-2006, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by altiain,Mar 18 2006, 10:28 AM
alot of good stuff
Iain is right on the nose. I had a BBK with a pretty agressive set of pads on my Prelude that I had never faded on a track in Texas before go mushy on me in 3 sessions at Hallett. You really learn how to manage brakes at this track.

Turn 2 is also an area I saw quite a few people have trouble. The stretch between 1 and 2 is uphill, and 1 is a very fast corner, then downhill into the braking zone of 2 which is a mid-2nd gear turn. If you are too late, the downhill braking zone will catch you out easily. I might suggest braking before the crest in your first couple sessions til you get the hang of the corner.

None of the other corners are really dangerous per se(6 can be a bit slippery, I think I saw Marcus spin there) but you will gain alot of speed by getting your line right. Another tip is to avoid the tendency to turn in too early into 4, you want to exit on the inside of 4 so you can enter 5 correctly, so you drive pretty deep into that corner before you turn in. A little bit like turn 10 at TWS counter clockwise, where you want to be on the inside on exit so you can get through 11 with some kind of momentum.

Good luck up there, I definetely had alot of fun running there, and look forward to trying out the track in the S.
Old 03-19-2006, 07:13 PM
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I spun in turn two after several sessions of trying to find the limit of traction (FOUND IT!) It's probably the corner most likely to cause problems . The Bitch might be another because I hink the sign once used as a marker is gone. I too went through almost a set of front pads on the Prelude and cooked my fluid so I had to do some brake R&R on Sunday morning prior to running again.


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