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Old 09-23-2009, 03:24 AM   #1
fasternyou929
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Default Do You Favor Left or Right Turns?

Are you more comfortable with left turns or right turns? I am at least 10x more comfortable turning left than right. Of course, all my local tracks run clockwise, dammit.

I know part of the problem is I don't like having my body cross over my throttle hand, so I tense up some and end up more upright than I want to be.

The other part is I've low-sided in 2 right turns and can't look back and pinpoint what went wrong. The last one, a good 100mph+ wash-out at VIR took me completely off-guard. I just remember thinking "are my forearms extending? Why is the front end going away from me? Oh, I must be crashing. (enter sounds of metal and plastic vs. concrete). Yup, I'm crashing. Son of a bitch."

I also prefer left on the street because they're nowhere near as blind (some of the downhill rights in the mountains you can't see 0.2 seconds ahead of yourself) and if I go wide I'll head toward the shoulder, not the oncoming traffic lane.
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