Once you apex turn two you should let the car track out to the drivers left and to these rumble strips. Your next corner is turn 3 at the end of this straight. Turn three is a left hander, and therefore you will want to have your car on driver’s right for the turn-in. If you look at this picture you can see the dark line as it slowly works its way across to the right side of the track. For drivers Ed and Solo groups this is passing zone #2. If you’re being passed stay to the drivers left and give a point by signal.

Turn three is one of the fastest corners at Roebling Road, and needs a lot of discipline to be done right. The turn-in point is past the corner station. (Which can’t be seen in this picture) If you look you can see the dark line and see how far the cars are going before they turn in. The apex to turn three is all the way at the end of the corner, almost on the straight between turns three and four.

You can see the apex for turn three here very well by looking at where the dark rubber laid down meets the end of the rumble strips. Notice that you don’t actually track out all the way here, but only let the car drift about 1/2 way across the track to set up for the turn in of turn four. As the car settles coming off of turn 3 it gives a chance for braking on entrance to turn four. The braking zone for turn four is the hardest braking spot at Roebling.

Turn four is a long sweeping right hander. Like the other corners it is a late apex, and to make things harder the apex is out of site when you enter the corner. By knowing where to be you can diminish the effect of having the apex so far ahead. After coming out of turn three you will bring the car back to drivers left and brake as the car settles, once you brake you can trail off the brakes and start your turn-in for the apex. The turn in will be slow, and for the first half of the corner will keep you on the left side of what would be the "center line" if there was one. Once you get about 1/3rd of the way through the corner you will be able to see the apex which is at the far end of a set of rumble strips on the right.

Here you can see the end of the rumble strips for the turn four apex here, notice the dirt on the right and how much its torn up, this should give you an idea of how close to be. (Though I don't recommend the grass) Looking ahead from there you can see that the next turn is a left hander, and because of the short distance between turns 4 and 5a, do not let the car drift all the way across the road to drivers left, one of the reasons for such a late apex is so that you can keep the car on the right, and set up for turn 5.

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