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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 drivers 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 youre being passed stay to the drivers left and give a point by signal. |
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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 cant 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. |
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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 dont 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. |
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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. |
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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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