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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warhorse Racing" data-source="post: 1492218" data-attributes="member: 23098">Thanks for posting these videos! That course was a great example of the benefits of being early on the throttle, and running a tight line in sweepers. Those sweepers were really, really long. It's a little hard to tell from the camera angle, but it looks like you were running wider than your co-driver in the sweepers. That will add a lot of time. You got smoother with each run, especially your transitions from the throttle to the brakes (and back on the throttle again). And you were really aggressive in areas where you could look ahead to the open spaces. A course like that will force you to bring the car right up to the limit of traction and hold it there for long periods of time. Did it feel like the car was about to go sideways in the sweepers? If not, I think you can be a couple of degrees more aggressive on the throttle (and tighter to the cones) in elements like those and your car will hold that shorter, faster line. The car looked really composed out there. And, as the runs went on, your inputs got more precise. Prior to your next event, watch these videos and focus on raising your aggression level by one degree on each run (in the elements where that is possible). You want to avoid "plateauing" (running a similar time on each run). I always try to get my students to break that habit as early as possible (but, honestly, I still do it every now and then). And, most importantly: trust the car.  Did you experiment with pressures lower than 31/29? Did you feel any understeer in those sweepers? Great job out there. I'm excited to see how your next event goes.</blockquote>