{"id":67194,"date":"2022-12-30T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=67194"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:19:56","slug":"radford-racing-school-high-performance-driving-program-day-2-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2022\/12\/radford-racing-school-high-performance-driving-program-day-2-beyond.html","title":{"rendered":"Radford Racing School High Performance Driving Program: Day 2 & Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While there was some brief classroom time on my second day at Radford Racing School, the second day of the program brought about much more seat time than in day 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first exercise focused on braking and how to read the systems of cones around the track which make up the braking zones. Every turn on the Radford tracks is preceded by a series of cones, most of which have three cones, then two, then one. Out on the tarmac, that same system of cones was joined by a pair of cones that serve as the goal for the exercise. On the instructor\u2019s mark, we would accelerate from a stop to 65 mph, braking at the three-cone set in a manner that allowed us to smoothly stop between the goal cones. The ultimate goal here is to stop at the goal cones in one smooth motion, applying just enough braking pressure to stop where we want, but without having to add or remove brake pressure. We practiced three times by stopping from the three-cones mark, then three times from the two-cone mark and one-cone mark, with the one-cone mark being a very hard, quick stop. All along, our goal as students was to apply the brake starting at the specified cone mark and stop at the goal cones in one smooth motion. At first, I was stopping a bit too early, as I was applying too much brake pressure too soon, but I got a hang of it after a handful of tries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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