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What it's Like to Ride an INDYCAR | IndyCar Race | Challenge 2012

27 Oct 2022 · 2 min

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A crew member walks a driver through an IndyCar's controls during lap three: headrest and seatbelt check, emergency steering technique, pedal layout (throttle right, brake center, clutch after brake light), and how to shift into fifth gear with the dead pedal.

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Keep going. Keep flies a little bit more. Keep going just a little. There you go. Wow. Yeah. Arms up. That is a peanut. Yeah, yeah. Very friendly we are. Okay, we're done. I don't know if we'll get a headrest in with you or not. Is that really hard on your shoulders? Yeah. Yeah, okay, we'll probably have to leave this off for Okay. And you got such big shoulders. In case of emergency, pull back on that steering wheel, flash that yellow flash, it'll come off. Seat belt before you turn any direction. Seat belts come off. I hope you don't have to turn too much. No, just keep your hands about where they are right there. You go about like that. Okay, it pulls left anyways. So you feel the throttle over here on the right? Yep. Brake in the middle. And the clutch right after the brake light. And then the dead pedal clear to the left. Yep. All right, once you get into 5th gear, yeah, just make sure you get your foot over on that dead pedal. Is the car going to shift itself? No, you got to shift it. And the way you shift it, forward is low, right here. So I can just drive out gently and then just keep shifting up till we're done. This is the 3rd lap.