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English translation: the ideal racing line

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Czech term or phrase:	stopa
English translation:	the ideal racing line
Entered by:	Karel Kosman

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06:10 Sep 12, 2011

Czech to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / motorcycle racing

Czech term or phrase: stopa

Počasí se postupně měnilo a ideální stopa byla čím dál více rychlejší, takže časy se pochopitelně začaly hodně pohybovat směrem dolů.

My attempted translation so far is:

The weather slowly changed, the ideal footprint< increased in tempo, forcing everyone to slow down.

My Czech consultant proposed the following, but I still don't really get it, even though I've cycled for years.

Karel Kosman KudoZ activity Questions: 88 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 59 Czech Republic
Local time: 23:08

the ideal racing line

Explanation:
Google has quite a few references. At last all those Sundays of having to put up with F1 and Moto GP have come useful :-)

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Note added at 33 mins (2011-09-12 06:44:43 GMT)
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By the way, I don't think that it forced everyone to slow down... On the contrary, their times got faster!