Here is a little bonus. We put something like 50 miles on the cars on this little "rounded rectangle" course - we got a LOT of practice! Corner entry speed was over 60mph, and the goal was to brake, downshift to 2nd, and trail off the brakes as you turned in, so that you could then squeeze the throttle on, getting to full throttle before the 2nd apex. The trail braking really helps rotate the cars. Earlier in the day we had practiced the entire thing in 3rd, without the downshift - and I managed to do a 450 spin off the course by over-rotating under trail brake and failing to catch it. Doing the trail braking smoothly while downshifting in the middle of it requires even more finesse. The first part of this video is Andy's instructor driving, showing him the technique. The second part is me driving. If you watch the background you can get an idea for the speed; if you watch the key fob you can see the sudden and hard deceleration on initial brake. But the best thing is the sound!!!
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Heel and Toe - Trail Braking Exercise Video (8Mb, quicktime)
The bad news is that this is all the video you're going to get.
I wanted to shoot more video, but because we couldn't raise the side windows and there was no back window on the Z3, the only place I could mount my camera was to the little side glass near the windshield, and I didn't have clearance to do it facing forward. The instructors would ride with you when they thought you needed help as well, so I needed to leave the passenger area clear except for this time. In this case, of course we had to stay on the instructors' schedule - I had to satisfy them that my heel and toe and trail braking skills were up to par, then pull off while the rest of the guys were running, get the camera set up in the car and get back out there. So - it just turned out to be too much hassle trying to video tape. sorry.