True, but some of them are the guys I race against (unfortunately for me ) so I am trying to learn stuff from them. Also Rally was probably one of the most important words now that I think about it, being on dirt means it would be a lot easier to keep the wheels spinning.

I should mention that I don't do rallying, I mostly do dirt circuit racing (called Autocross here) but some of the rally drivers do this for practice.

Aston

 

interesting. however:
- if you leave it in gear and fall off the power curve you're going to stall the engine or wind up looking for the right gear anyhow.
- if you stay on the power after a spin has started it just promotes the spin, then somewhere along the way you're going to stall the engine.
- usually after a spin of any sort you're no longer travelling the same speed, so you're gonna have to get it in the right gear anyhow
- with the car out of gear you have a better chance of not stalling or spinning the engine backwards (the topic of discussion here) resulting in a quicker recovery time since there's no need to get the engine started again.

There is a difference between being outside the race line (overpowering the curve) and just plain spinning. Admittedly the line between being out of control and powering through is very thin, but the situation given at the start of this thread had me thinking that the spin was severe enough to wind up going backwards at a high rate of speed. This is where we are and the type of spin.

I participate in SCCA Club Racing (amateur road racing) and RallyCross (time-trial type racing on a dirt/snow course) so I'm not a professional by any means but this topic is interesting enough for me to blabber about it