DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets
DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets
Speed Secrets: Am I The Only One?

Speed Secrets: Am I The Only One?

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets
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Speed Secrets: Am I The Only One?
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Squirting out of the 120-degree right-hander, I stretch second gear to 5500 RPM, accelerating hard, flicking the shifter up to third, foot buried to the floor, and catch fourth gear just before my reference point, the change in pavement surface: A good corner exit.

Like touching a hot stove element, a shift-point reference provides feedback that is accur…

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