MVP Tracktime - Road Atlanta - Learning "The Line"

Learning the Line at Road Atlanta, with Don Yaun. - Revision 2
This video has a slow motion segment with a focus point (circle) where you should be looking for a full lap. The same lap is also run at speed so you can try to visualize where to look without the aid of the circle.
There is a map in this video that shows the line as well but it is hard to see in the video so you may want to download the PDF and print out. It includes this map. Study it while watching the video. It is advised that you pause and read the text if needed. Also watch the video through several times before you get to the track to familiarize you with the turns. Download the PDF at: donyaun.com/wp-content/upload...
NOTE: The link in the video is no longer valid. Please use the one above.
Instructors may vary the line somewhat and may suggest something a little different. This is intended as a guide to get you familiar with the track. Always do what the instructor in your car tells you to do as they know more about your car and what is going on at the time.
I hope you learn from and enjoy this video. Please give me feedback that may be helpful for future videos: [e-mail]
Sign up for MVP Tracktime at: www.mvptracktime.com
See you at the track!
Thanks,
Don Yaun
Produced for: MVP Tracktime
Production and post production by: Don Yaun, Chief Instructor
Technical assistance: Mike Skeen, Daniel Brightman, John Williams & Kirt Breitinger
Copyright 2013 Don Yaun

[@DawgPro]

We should be so lucky and have this quality of recon for... I dunno... all the tracks on the planet! Thanks Dude!

[@donyaun]

Wow! That was quite a compliment. Wish I could. Not enough time and money to cover that. But it would be beneficial.

[@ElevenTenthsKRacing]

AMAZING!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@doclexington4640]

In my short time in HPDE, this is by far the best video I've seen (of any track day) due to its clarity, slow motion, point of view, eye-focus target, and text superposed on the screen. DY, you are a master. I hope I can contribute to this sport in some way to extent you have done so in this video.

[@scottallen6970]

Agreed

[@donyaun]

When I was instructing with different organizations, I always tried to get my students to slow down to learn more. It seems that so many people think going fast is the object to learning. Actually, slowing down so you make sure you are getting the basics and consistency is where you will start speeding up. I tried many times to show students track videos from my car but when the vids were at speed, it's hard to show without stopping it to explain. So, I decided running it in slow motion would allow the viewer to process more information like turn-in, apex and track out without speed being a factor and the circle added because the focal point is not right in front of the car which so many novices try to do. It also allows the viewer to read specific points of instruction and still keep up with the visual. It would actually be a great series to put together but the time to do this would be a full time job for a while. :D

[@BucketWheat]

It is much like learning "Muscle Memory" in many athletic skills... the old saying, "Practice makes perfect" is not correct... "PERFECT Practice makes Perfect!" Get it right at slower speeds, and THEN increase the speed of the same 'perfected' movements...

[@bostonmatias4800]

InstaBlaster.

[@bfraz76]

Love this informative video.. Man, if I had one of these on my very first track day back in 2007.. Would've been super helpful. Thinking of tracking Road Atlanta this yr in June/July. Thank you, Sir for the awesome recommendations!

[@donyaun]

So glad I could be of help. Good luck at you next event at Road Atlanta.

[@jeffengstrom1536]

Amazing video as others have said, thanks for posting.

[@BucketWheat]

I like the slow motion lap...it gives you time to get everything 'correct' first before you start having to do all of that at "Full Speed"... The one 'difference' for me is that I do R/A on a BIKE...and we have to take the "Kink" at 3/4 as an entree to 'The Esses' into #5 ... (-;

[@cypritchard2311]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@felipemcarvalho2057]

Thanks,Bro.

[@donyaun]

My pleasure!

[@HFIntegrale]

The circles are a brilliant idea. So helpful!

[@scottallen6970]

Agreed

[@Trickynico55]

Good video. Just a thought… At the very beginning where you are utilizing slow motion and the red circles, which by the way are very helpful, don’t you think there should’ve been a mention of checking your mirrors prior to turn in though to make sure no one was trying to pass on the inside?

[@Atlatt]

Nicholas, yes, track awareness is defiantly important and I agree that it would have been a good addition. Thanks for you input.

[@scottallen6970]

Loved, subscribed. Looking forward to other tracks. Will you plan on any in the northeast, Watkins, limerock, thompsons, New Hampshire?

[@donyaun]

Thanks Scott, It was quite a job producing that video. The reason you do not see this done often is that the circles had to be edited into the video one frame at a time. With a frame rate of 30 fps, that means a 5 minute video has 9000 frames. :D As mentioned earlier, I have retired from tracking. This video has been a really well viewed and appreciated learning tool for Road Atlanta. When I see the response to it, it does make me want to do other tracks. Who knows, maybe one day I'll pick it back up when I retire from my daily job.

[@blackmustang17]

@@donyaun Wow individually circled 9000 frames?! What an effort! Thank you for your hard work, it is definitely appreciated! Excited to attend my first trackday next Spring!

[@donyaun]

@@blackmustang17, thank you so much for your kind words. Hope you have a great event in the spring. I just did a recalculation on the frames: Approx 7 min of slow-mo with circle. That means 30 fps x 60 sec = 1,800 frames per min. Then 1,800 x 7 min. = 12,600! No wonder I haven't done any more! I must have used something in my video software to help that along. No way I moved that little circle around that much! :D

[@Tartanbuddha]

Great video, sir. Love the circles. Now get to AMP and do another video. :)

[@donyaun]

+Shaun Miller Thank you sir. I have retired from tracking but... you never know what I may do. I don't have to track to put together a video, I can use a vids from a friends. :D

[@scottallen6970]

Brilliant, you're into something here. Add other tracks using your method presented here