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Every driving school i have been to it has been expressly taught that thumbs go no where near the inside of the wheel, for wxactly the before mentioned examples. Proper driving position should be elbows at 90* or less, hands at 9 and 3. Wheel is passed hand to hand, driving with the hands, not the shoulders.



Yup. Thats exactly how i was taught.


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Dan, while I completely agree with you,...I find it "funny" how this driver, driving a 64 Cheetah, known for being a handful of a car, drives the entire course, lap after lap with his thumbs locked around the rim of the wheel.....the driver is Mr Bob Bondurant...



And it was by this guy. Haha

As for the thumbs breaking though... I've got the fix if you like to wrap your thumbs around the wheel when you drive/race... Just buy a cheap Grant steering wheel. I honestly think the spokes would snap on a thumbnail in an accident those things are so goddamn fragile...