07-03-2007, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Kansas City,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine: CRL, 351W, Tremec TKO
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Originally Posted by Tommy
Here are a few numbers for those who are interested in such things. Assuming a car going 240 MPH decellerates to 40 MPH at 4 G's, it will take about 2.27 seconds and cover a distance of only 334 feet! I can't imagine apprpoaching a corner at 240 and waiting until 350 feet out to hit the brakes. Yikes! ,,, Oh, if I try to start braking at 350' and am late by more than 0.045 seconds, I'll be going too fast to make the corner.
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... and it is the ability to judge the braking point consistently to that 0.045 seconds that creates a champion driver!
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