{"id":490415,"date":"2008-12-01T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=49374"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:57:56","slug":"mid-ohio-madness-turns-7-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mid-ohio-madness-turns-7-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Ohio \u201cMadness\u201d: Turns 7, 8, & 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is one of America\u2019s most technical and challenging circuits, as most corners involve both radius and elevation changes. Only two of its 14 turns (Turn 1 and the Keyhole) stand alone; the rest are in combinations or sequences. Turns 7-8-9, also known as \u201cMadness,\u201d are among the most challenging, rewarding, and just plain fun corner complexes anywhere.<\/p>\n

Turn 7 (a fast right) begins this sequence at the end of Mid-Ohio\u2019s longest straight, making it a type-2 (extend the straightaway speed) turn. To find your braking point, start braking early and then move it in a bit at a time, so that you are initiating turn-in at a point and speed where your arc will enable you to hit the apex and require you to track out using virtually all the road. Because 7 is both downhill and well-banked, it\u2019s fast, so don\u2019t overbrake; instead, flow speed in by balancing the car on power from turn-in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n