Rocky Mountain Chapter

Rocky Mountain Chapter

BMW CCA

Notes,

Student & Instructor- to the left is the front cover of our record book

Driving School Instructor/student name on the line under RECORD

RECORD- abbreviations & Inst. reminders on the back inside cover

- Driving School Reminders are attached to the front inside ______cover (Practice – in daily driving could be inserted below Abbreviations and above Instructor Reminders if there is

BE SMOOTH not enough room on the label, or get a larger label)

- Brake- students and instructors are also supplied with name labels

- Shift with which to trade, attached inside the book for notes later

-Turn In- student writes notes from session in own book as instructor - Apex writes (and explains) in his/hers -Track Out - the book is produced by Mead and is approx 3&5/8ths by 6”

- students & instructors keep & use the same book from event to

FOLLOW THE LINE event (actually most instructors just let the chief instructor keep

the books until the next time which avoids “forgetfulness”)

Abbreviations

Awareness – A

Braking Point - BP

Contact Patch – CP

Early Apex – EA; Late Apex - LA

Heel Toe – HT (Footwork)

Low Eyes – LE; High Eyes - HE

Oversteer – OS; Understeer – US

Shuffle Steering – SS

Smoothness – S

The Line – TL

Track Out Point – TOP

Trail Braking - TB

Trailing Throttle Oversteer - TTO

Turn In Point – TIP

7/10ths ; 10/10ths

Instructor Reminders

•SSTD–Social, Safety, Technical, Directive

introductions/inst. Authority/car check

/tires/seat adjust/flags/ etc.

•student experience?/in this car?/goals?

•ensure communicators work properly

•work on only 1 or 2 skills per session

•observe hands, feet, eyes, breathing

•take notes, debrief student

•recommend habits to work on

Driving School Reminders

SAFETY

• seat position & steering wheel distance

• snug belts & adjust mirrors

• intercom works for both

• safe distance/no tailgating/no racing

• signal pass & pass with signal

& slow to allow pass-be considerate

•”in a spin both feet in”

• go off track straight, slow, ease back on

• build speed progressively

AWARNESS

• High Eyes-look far ahead, past apex-

you go where you look

• who is around you? mirrors!

• note the flag stations & run off areas

• what is the car doing, when, WHY?

• Think Physics (in class & out)

i.e., car dynamics

The LINE

• learn and visualize the track

• Late Apex vs. EA

• use all the track at speed

SMOOTHNESS is the KEY

• hand positions/shuffle steering

no jiggles of the wheel in a turn

• brake, then downshift, then turn

• downshifts-match revs, no jerks

• large arcs vs. driving cone-to-cone

• when cornering: slow in-out fast

• tire sounds = feedback to SMOOTH

Practice – in daily driving

• Smoothness & finding The Line

• High Eyes – less brake in rush hour

• Hand positions - preposition

• Heel/Toe – brake/accelerate together

• Rev matching when downshifting

• Become “seamless”, i.e. passenger

is less or unaware of inputs such as

braking, shifting, turning, accelerating