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Default Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving. Any Good? - 04-01-2007 , 06:15 PM








Anybody read this book before? Is it any good? Hear any good or bad
things
about it? I'm looking for a good book to read on road racing and then head
to the IRL to race against Helio on road and street courses! Seriously tho,
how's the book?



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Default Re: Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving.Any Good? - 04-01-2007 , 07:13 PM






Von Fourche wrote:
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Anybody read this book before? Is it any good? Hear any good or bad
things
about it? I'm looking for a good book to read on road racing and then head
to the IRL to race against Helio on road and street courses! Seriously tho,
how's the book?


Read it and see if its any good.



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Default Re: Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving. Any Good? - 04-01-2007 , 11:04 PM



On Apr 1, 7:13 pm, Cessna 310 <jolene... (AT) sbc (DOT) com> wrote:
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Von Fourche wrote:
Anybody read this book before? Is it any good? Hear any good or bad
things
about it? I'm looking for a good book to read on road racing and then head
to the IRL to race against Helio on road and street courses! Seriously tho,
how's the book?

Read it and see if its any good.
How do we know he can read?



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Default Re: Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving.Any Good? - 04-01-2007 , 11:23 PM



Dave-E wrote:
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On Apr 1, 7:13 pm, Cessna 310 <jolene... (AT) sbc (DOT) com> wrote:
Von Fourche wrote:
Anybody read this book before? Is it any good? Hear any good or bad
things
about it? I'm looking for a good book to read on road racing and then head
to the IRL to race against Helio on road and street courses! Seriously tho,
how's the book?
Read it and see if its any good.

How do we know he can read?

It was an April Fool's Day post.



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Default Re: Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving. Any Good? - 04-02-2007 , 07:28 AM



In rec.autos.sport.cart Von Fourche <Khonakong (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
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Anybody read this book before? Is it any good? Hear any good or bad
things
about it? I'm looking for a good book to read on road racing and then head
to the IRL to race against Helio on road and street courses! Seriously tho,
how's the book?

It's basically an expansion of the the Skip Barber School syllabus.
I don't race, but it's a very insightful book on technique with a lot of
good quotes from top US drivers.

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Default Re: Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving.Any Good? - 04-02-2007 , 04:30 PM



On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Pete Fenelon wrote:

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It's basically an expansion of the the Skip Barber School syllabus.
I don't race, but it's a very insightful book on technique with a lot of
good quotes from top US drivers.
I've taken the Skippy school and raced in their series, and have known
Carl for something like 20 years. It's a really good book; he knows his
stuff. Then again, if you're a devotee of the Jim Russell trail-braking-
is-evil school, you might think otherwise.

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Default Re: Carl Lopez - Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving.Any Good? - 04-05-2007 , 12:34 PM



In article <alpine.LFD.0.83.0704021728260.2624 (AT) honker (DOT) vgersoft.com>,
Steve Thompson <smt (AT) vgersoft (DOT) com> wrote:
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I've taken the Skippy school and raced in their series, and have known
Carl for something like 20 years. It's a really good book; he knows his
stuff. Then again, if you're a devotee of the Jim Russell trail-braking-
is-evil school, you might think otherwise.
isn't trailbraking something you do when your car isn't set up
correctly?

--Ken

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