[Paul_E_D]

IMO It's a good idea to leave yourself a couple feet between tire and curb. That way if someone pushes you out from the inside, you have a little wiggle room. OR if some is blazing around the outside, you don't push him off the track. There's no real benefit to using that last foot of pavement as the hot line around 11 is the tightest one you can run.

Loudon in general is not a track where you need every inch of pavement. It's very wide at most all the turn in points.