# NYSpeed Track Day #1 - Friday June 15th, 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-1-friday-june-15th-2007/26320 "2007-03-22T18:09:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 504
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-1-friday-june-15th-2007/26320/504 "2007-06-19T12:48:56Z")
[quote=“eMKay,post:487,topic:26320"”] The only thing that matters is how long you are on the brakes, because the longer you are on the brakes, the less time you are on the gas [/quote] You are correct re: going fast(er)… BUT - the heat-transfer DOES also differ in hard braking vs soft/slower braking. Think of it another way: braking “longer” also means that not only are you transferring more heat thru the pads into your calipers/fluid from that big heat sink we call a rotor - but ALSO it’s less time in between braking applications for everything to cool down! Hence my comment re: getting your braking done as hard/fast as safely possible w/o upsetting the car. Obviously there are exceptions where you just brake to settle the car / get more weight on the front wheels (example, Lime Rock on the downhill before the bend into the front straight), but most of the time I feel this holds true. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-1-friday-june-15th-2007/26320)._