Slalom technique

[Shinny]

So I'm much better at slaloms thanks to the driving school (Which was really fun), but I was wondering if there's any difference when there's the three cone set up. Visualizing it, it seems you'd have to adjust for the extra cones but I don't really know.

[LowFlyin]

It really depends on what is before and after the slalom. With a short slalom you don't have a chance to into a rythem. So the way that you attack the slalom then depends heavily on what surrounds it. If you have a straight in and straight out approach and exit, then you will want to take it in a similar way to the long slalom at the school. If you have a tight approach and an open exit, then you will have a slow in, fast out strategy and you are essentially accelerating all the way through the slalom. There are many ways to introduce a slalom in an autocrosser course, and they all depend on what is directly around them as to how you should successfully navigate them.   

[Shinny]

That'll help alot lol hadn't thought about the after part, probably wouldn't want to exit a slalom flatout with a hairpin right after. But I was talking more about the slaloms with three cones set up instead of one, I can't visualize turning as soon as I did on the practice slalom and not hitting the next set. So I was wondering if you do just have to go through those slower to allow for a wider arch.

[Rogue_Wulff]

Under that circumstance, you basically ignore the 2 cones on the inside of the row, and focus on the outside cones, treating as an offset slalom. So, yes, a slower speed is pretty much required, unless the spacing is quite vast.

[LowFlyin]

Found you some good video to watch!  Notice how the driver is turning the car before the slalom cones.

http://www.vimeo.com/6260183

[Shinny]

Thx alot. It'll probably be hard to think about turning at the last cone in a race, but that's part of it. I know this whole season I was starting my turn at the first one and making a shallow arc to the last one.