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The Track that Roger Penske built is a marvelous place to race with a wide, smooth racing surface that allows drivers to drive two and three wide almost anywhere on the track. The key here is fuel mileage and tire wear becuase of long periods of green. Tips to turning laps at Fontana Setting up for Turn's 3 & 4: Undoubtedly the toughest turns on the track, you head into 3 with speeds up to 200 mph which makes getting through 4 very tough. Your car will have a tendency to push towards the wall in four making it sometimes necessary to touch the brakes. A set-up that has a little looseness built into it will help make this turn more easy to handle. Turns 1 and 2 are high speed turns but the entrance and the banking make the easily manueverable with little practice. Long periods of Green: Long periods of caution free racing here at California make tire wear and fuel mileage as important as speed and power. The right set-up will allow you to run a full fuel load without worrying about tire wear.
Pit under caution: Becuase of the long periods of green, you may want to gamble and take a chance at pitting and stretching it the rest of the race. Remember, you can go between 50 and 55 laps on fuel. Draft, draft, draft. Passing: Passes can be made almost anywhere on the track but they should really be restricted to the front and back stretches. As a personal rule I will not pass on the outside of the front stretch, because I have been put into the wall too many times by the AI. The Front Stretch bump: Whether you have noticed it or not, there is a small bump in the front stretch which can unsettle the car at times. Not a major concern but you should be aware of it. The Groove: there are several lines at California but the one that will get you around the track the fastest is a line that enters the turns high on the race track, and then sweeps down to the bottom groove throught the turns. |
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