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The Mythology of Late Apex and Braking in a Straight Line

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In this episode of Dominating with Dawson, we go over the often heard mantra of always use a late apex and always brake in a straight line.  While these may be useful in some turns, they should not be construed as applicable to 100% of your laps.  We go into why these methodologies are often taught early in a driver’s education, as well as what the alternatives are and when to start to expand your repertoire and incorporate more advanced techniques.

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Vicki, Jennifer, Ben, Alan, Jeremy, and Bill

Hosts and Drivers for the Garage Heroes in Training team

DwD 0504:  The Mythology of Late Apex and Braking in a Straight Line

GHIT 0160: The 2020 Dominating With Dawson Topics

Part 1: By popular request

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The fundamental basis for our podcast has always been to help drivers at all levels improve and while we still have a fun on every episode, we are always trying to improve and help others improve.  One of the best received additions to our podcast has been the Dominating with Dawson topics that Ben Dawson was kind enough to help us with.  Here is the first annual episode that compiles all of the segments for this year.  

If you could let us know what your favorite topic was, we would love to know.  Also, if you have a topic for us to discuss, please let us know and we will make sure it comes out as soon as possible.

On this episode DwD covers:

1)  Autocross and Sprint racing vs endurance racing

2)  Trail braking

3)  Heel toe downshifting

4)   Driving like ….  (Senna etc)

5)  Apexes and points of rotation/car angles

GHIT 0160: The 2020 Dominating With Dawson Topics – Part 1

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