At Knockhill going under the bridge flat out..............V2

[stormrider2]

johnnymack, did the car belong to you?

donald heggie was my grandfather but ive only ever seen photos of him rallying, never the car or even a video.

[Schnell]

Hammer Zeit said:

100 to 75 yards, but now with the new wider track apparently you don't have to change down or brake hard.

Which track are you referring to?!!

Knockhill! If you take the racing line round the 1st corner, just tap the brakes and don't need to change down. I haven't had the ball to try that yet, I still brake where I used to before the track was widened.

But in which car though?

In all the cars I've driven round there, you have to fairly stamp on the anchors before Duffus or else you'll be getting intimate with the spectators!

Remember, your average Bridge speed at KH will be somewhere near 120/130mph. Try carrying that anywhere near that speed through the 'dip and your entry into McIntyre will be backwards if you're lucky.

[Hammer Zeit]

Said car that was doing 130-140, has massive AP Racing front brakes but I was not pushing the car through the corners, 61 was the best I got out of it but it was ailing at the time, a problem with the clutch so it would retire about 5 laps into the race. Frustrating because the car is capable of a sub 60 sec lap, possible 56 or 57!

Back to the braking, the tap of the brakes at around 75 yards is in my XR2 which is doing around 110-115, but I have only had a couple of races with the car and I am losing out to the guys in front of me because I'm braking to much but on the flip side, I am the last of the late brakers.

A few of my fellow XR2'ers have videos on youtube I'll try and dig 1 out for you.

[Hammer Zeit]

If you look here and click on the 8th April race meeting there is a good battle between Andrew Winchester and Peter Cruikshank and you will notice both of them lifting and braking around 75 metres mark.

http://www.andrew-winchester.com/html/media.php