Winning Autocross Solo II Competition: The Art and the Science
"It is my feeling . . . that (this book) might make a winner out of a loser. I will keep my copy of Winning Autocross at hand whenever I'm watching or participating in an autocross event . . . I... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0932522017
ISBN13:9780932522016
Release Date:January 1977
Publisher:National Academy for Police Dr
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Age Range:20 years and up
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Brief, concise, truthful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This is a good book about autocross - brief, concise, truthful and accurate. Great deal of attention throughout the book is paid to suspension behavior, weight distribution and the smoothness of the driver's movement. What I liked most in the book is the advise to use left-foot-braking during the transition from braking to acceleration and vice versa. This helps to avoid excessive suspension fluctuation and provides slow, smooth weight transfer. It is good to use this technique for RWD cars and even better for FWD cars. The author gives an exercise: "Accelerate to thirty mph. As you reach the point where you wish to brake, start to apply braking pressure with your left foot, and at the same time, lift your right foot slowly off the accelerator Increase your braking pressure to reach ten mile per hour at the pylon. As you pass the pylon at then mph, reapply accelerator pressure, and start releasing braking pressure." The author states that the tire is the most important part of the car. I agree with that, and recommend you to read "Racing & High Performance Tire" by Paul Haney. In addition to this book I recommend the "Secrets of Solo Racing" by Henry Watts.
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