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Three thing I teach in my classrooms regarding spins can be summarized in the following acronym:
C.P.R.
Correct. Pause. Recover. Correcting is the easy part. Most of us are ingrained to "counter steer" to correct the initial spin. It's the second and/or third part of the spin that's counterintuitive. Especially if the spin happens at high speed or you've gone past 30 degrees, it's the part that once the outside rear tire has regained traction the snapping motion of the car spinning back the other way that catches everyone off guard. Therefore, as you counter steer to correct, there'll be a split second of "calmness" before the car will snap back the opposite direction. You must pause for that split second of the countersteer, then REACT and recover from the spin by countering the countersteer.
Of course, the most important part of catching a spin, is PREVENTING ONE. And the best way to do so, is not by driving slow. It's by predicting the movement of the chassis and know an impending spin is likely and unwind the steering wheel just ever so slightly more just before the spin starts.
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