So this heal toe you speak of

[Sijray21]

I'm still not clear on what happens here. My car is equipped with what the factory called a "heel-toe acceleration pedal.ÔÇØ ItÔÇÖs freakinÔÇÖ HUGE, like 3in wide. ItÔÇÖs really close to the brake because it is so big, I guess that is to make the maneuver easier. I think my lack of understanding is more profound seeing as I donÔÇÖt know anything about the ÔÇ£proper way to take a corner.ÔÇØ The point of this is to keep the RPMÔÇÖs up though the turn and then come back into the powaa in a lower gear smoothly, right? The advantage to this is???? I know it should be obvious but I havenÔÇÖt even been on a level 1 HPDE yet. I donÔÇÖt know a single thing about track driving and the science and terms that do with it.

you won't learn heal-toe in HPDE 1, it's considered a more advanced technique.

Try heel-toeing. While your braking you rev match to avoid losing the revs. You want to keep the power available out of a turn and going into a turn you're braking...so you'll want to blip the throttle WHILE you're braking to keep the power there when you down shift. You've heard of rev-matching right? Try doing that. Once you get a feel of how much throttle to give it when switching from gear-to-gear then try using the heel-toe technique. I learned this way on the road and then i applied it to my first track weekend and it came naturally....but having that wide gas pedal is essential IMO, it's difficult with a skinnier one.