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I think you might be getting braking + heel-toe (downshift) and trail braking mixed up.
Trailing braking just means you carry a gradually reduced amount of braking as you navigate through your corner entry. If you want to break the steps down, it more or less goes like this:
1. do threshold braking (in a straight line)
2. begin to ease off the brakes before the turn in point
3. turn in
4. as you increase the steering angle, continue to reduce brake pressure
IMO there are 2 primary purposes to trail braking:
a. it helps you transfer weight to the front as the car begins to turn so that turning / rotating the car becomes easier
b. allows you to brake later and carry a little more speed going into a turn
Most of the time, it is more commonly used in FWD/AWD cars where they are more prone to understeer. Because of benefit A), the car becomes more willing to rotate. In your Vette, I am not sure how necessary it is because it should be far less stubborn than those pesky FWD/AWD with turning.
It is a more advanced technique primarily because if it is not well executed, it is very easy to cause your car to spin.
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