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One thing that may surprise you if you have never been to a car control clinic or an HPDE, is the brakes on our cars, they will pull out the false teeth of an unwary passenger if they are not careful.
I thought I was braking hard, near the threshold, and my instructor at this event, Al, a dentist that drive a 996 Turbo, took me down the back straight at road Atlanta, made sure there was nobody behind me, and told me to really get on the brakes and activate the ABS. I didn't push hard enough, next lap we tried again, and then I finally got into the ABS and it was a lot harder than I recall (this was on 200 TW Hankook R-S3, compared with my Sumitomo HTR Z III summer tires, that were easier to get into ABS). It was astounding. I "thought" I was braking hard/threshold braking up to that point... but there was more to be had.
The event in question was the same one I referred to earlier when I was still on the OEM stock pads. These cars are very capable.
Steve
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