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Old 01-22-2012, 09:14 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
It is a rally not a race so you must average between 49 and 54 miles per hour for the event or face a penalty. A couple corners have speed limits of 40 and 45mph but you would want to be gliding through them anyway and that is not far from the 49mph limit that you want to match. The slowest possible time wins on air resistance.
I haven't driven the track, but I was more concerned about a speed-limited corner at the bottom of a grade. With grades as steep as your map shows, it would be easy to be coasting and still exceed 45mph. I'd rather just drive through the corner vs. scrub off speed with my brakes.

Thanks for the grade info though... 11% is pretty steep. That would likely require a downshift unless I could cut out a whole bunch of weight from the car.
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