Chasing The Dragon Hill Climb In Car 997 GT3 Cup

This is video from the 2011 SCCA Chasing the Dragon Hill Climb in Robinsville NC. The car is a 2009 Grand-Am GT3 cup driven by Cory Friedman. The team is Autometrics Motorsports. This run is the new course record 1.54.7 Tires are Hoosier R80/R100 slicks. Hoosiertire.com Camera is the RaceCam High Def. RacecamHD.com

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[killboydotcom]

@ice750 I think they got a couple of practice runs early on the first day, but after that it was just each run was timed/practice so everyone got faster and faster. This run was most likely toward the end of the second day.

[2urchins]

I like it!

[ice750]

how many practice runs did each car get to learn the lay of the course? if not many, i'm betting this time will fall next year. good video, smooth driving.

[DoctaM3]

awesome video.... its like you were there as the navigator!!

[killboydotcom]

The wheel is jerking him, basically. That car wasn't sliding around much, I was there shooting it from sidelines, but because of the wider and more offset wheels, the irregularities in the surface are more able to yank the steering wheel around. Imagine the front wheel/tire being centered on the pivot point of the hub...grabbing that tire, even jacked up off the ground, and trying to use it to turn the steering wheel is not going to be easy...

[killboydotcom]

...now imagine a much deeper wheel sticking way out there, now you have more leverage and it's easier to make the steering wheel spin by pulling on the tire. As you put deeper/wider wheels on a car, you immediately and dramatically affect this aspect of the steering...it does also make it steer quicker, but you have to keep a firm grip on the steering wheel or it will get yanked out of your hand. Add to that they probably run very little or no power steering on this race car.

[TeamBergsteiger]

The excessive wheel movement is in response to the front track of the car following the pitchy course surface. The Dragon is one grabby sumbeech :)

[thehateu]

Oh. I couldnt really tell that he was drifiting but i understand the concept cuz i used to do dirt track racing...

[scscotto]

@thehateu He's not jerking the wheel. that's called countersteer ! High speeds,corners, rear engine car so you do that to not spin out. Watch any road race footage and you will see a skilled driver doing it at almost every turn to keep the car headed where they want it.

[thehateu]

Why does he keep jerking the wheel??