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> ...and then there are the professionals
grantsfo
post Jul 2 2013, 08:10 PM
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in car Video of Loeb. I could tell from helicopter video he is one of smoother drivers around but in car is a testament to his craft. Damn hardly any corrections, carrying huge speed off turns. He's my hill climbing idle after Georg Plasa ...God rest his hill climbing soul.

Loeb makes most of us look like hacks. He is the most efficient hill climb driver I have seen behind the wheel. To drive lines he did was just incredible to watch. Very few miscalculations.

http://youtu.be/b1wpqAZO17Y
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Randal
post Jul 20 2013, 09:02 AM
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I believe driving a hill is more complicated than driving a track. The complication comes from crowned roads. As you get faster and make adjustments to your line you immediately run into a different camber situations. In particular off camber turns.

And to make it worst sometimes you run into these situation on the exit, literally going from on camber to off. Scary stuff really.

Watching Loeb drive up Pikes Peak is magic. He doesn't even seem to notice the crazy changes in road camber, it's like he's immune to the forces the rest of us struggle to get right.

I'd love to get a ride with him in a rally car. The learning experience would be priceless.
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