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Old 07-27-2010, 08:57 PM   #21
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so why do you want to do this??? just for a photo op??....it isn't, necessarily , the fastest way around the corner.
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Old 07-27-2010, 10:23 PM   #22
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That's not lean angle.

THIS is lean angle...

did he land it??
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Old 07-27-2010, 11:04 PM   #23
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Wouldn't want to hazard a guess.
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Old 07-28-2010, 05:12 AM   #24
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so why do you want to do this??? just for a photo op??....it isn't, necessarily , the fastest way around the corner.
Absolutely!
Sometimes I want to go fast and sometimes i want to look good on pictures...
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Old 07-28-2010, 06:12 AM   #25
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Absolutely!
Sometimes I want to go fast and sometimes i want to look good on pictures...
Try it on the turtles at Shanny. Long track turn 8 or 9 should be good candidates.
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Old 07-28-2010, 06:30 PM   #26
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My boy got his left elbow down taking the left-hander after the hay bale chicane at SOAR round two. I asked him about it after and he said he thought the hay bales were to scrub speed, but he shot through them a lot faster than he thought he was going so he said he had two choices: run off or lean harder. He only did it the once trying to catch Sunny and he's bummed that no one got a picture
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Old 07-29-2010, 04:00 PM   #27
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My boy got his left elbow down taking the left-hander after the hay bale chicane at SOAR round two. I asked him about it after and he said he thought the hay bales were to scrub speed, but he shot through them a lot faster than he thought he was going so he said he had two choices: run off or lean harder. He only did it the once trying to catch Sunny and he's bummed that no one got a picture
Holy crap! Good for Eden for being committed to the turn instead of running himself off. A lot of us could learn from him. I'll never forget last year when he passed me in the infield and realized that I could go faster. I really should start chasing him around ;D

Oh yeah... the elbow drag, AWESOME!!!
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Old 07-29-2010, 04:07 PM   #28
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Anyone drag elbow at Calabogie turn 6? With the camber and raised turtle hump, I'm sure it can be done [relatively] easily there.
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Old 07-29-2010, 07:41 PM   #29
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Anyone drag elbow at Calabogie turn 6? With the camber and raised turtle hump, I'm sure it can be done [relatively] easily there.
I dragged elbow, knee, hip, shoulder, ankle and helmet on turn 12 there...yes, it was a total 'drag' :P
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Old 07-29-2010, 10:53 PM   #30
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I dragged elbow, knee, hip, shoulder, ankle and helmet on turn 12 there...yes, it was a total 'drag' :P
Turn 12 is a tricky one. It makes you think your entering 6, but then all of a sudden, you run out of track. I found if you just look up the track just opens right up and there's so much room.

I went down on turn 20
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