[DAVID GAGNARD]

Cranky,Coyled,or any other road race/open track guys;;;;;;

When I started my "open track" adventure this past summer at Nashville Super Speedway,I spoke with as many guys that would listen to my "novice" questions to try to gain some insight on what to do and more importantly,what NOT to do on the track,mainly I did not want to get in anyone's way or cause any kind of accident while on track because of my lack of experience.....

With that said,just about everyone I spoke to including a couple of driving instructers and a whole bunch of racers with SCCA licenses or the equevilent in other racing series,told me when I asked about it to "definetly NOT try left foot braking"....O-K, so I did not the first day,but I did the second day,(now I normally left foot brake while driving my car/truck daily,especially in city driving,so I'm good at it and have been doing it for 10 years or more),the lady timing my laps told me,"I do not know what you did different this session,but keep doing it,you dropped your lap times almost 2 full seconds"......

My question is do you guys normally left foot brake on track or recommend it???????? A lot of guys I spoke with told me they NEVER left foot brake...... Just curouis as to what the others do I guess......

I have tried heel/toe a couple of times and I'm not too good at it ,but working on my techique.....

David