Driving Tips From The Ford Racing School – Skill Builders for Old Drivers
Here’s a question that might apply to a few NASA members: What’s a good way for older drivers to develop faster reflexes?
Conventional wisdom holds...
One Lap Around – Sonoma Raceway
Whether you have a thousand laps at Sonoma Raceway, or if NASA’s Western States Championships will be your first visit, Sonoma Raceway can be...
How to Rotate a Car
You hear lot of people saying you have to “rotate” the car in a turn. How exactly do you rotate car?
To answer the question,...
One Lap Around: Road Atlanta
I’ve been blessed and spoiled to call Road Atlanta my home track. I first visited the Road Atlanta tagging along with my friend Scott...
Driving Tips From the Ford Racing School – Fitness
I had been looking forward to the Sebring weekend all year. I was ready for my debut in World Challenge GT driving a Dodge...
Driving Tips From The Ford Racing School – Brake-release
Here at the Ford Racing School, working with both new and experienced drivers, we have found that everyone finds lots of lap-time improvement from...
Playing in Traffic – Strategy plays a key role on track and here’s how...
From the very beginning of an event through the checkered flag, you need two different skill sets: driving and racing. Driving is operating the...
Weight Watching – Understanding Weight Transfer and Racecar Dynamics
Most of us understand that tires make traction through friction between the rubber molecules at the tire’s contact patch and the road surface. And...
Driving Tips From the Ford Racing School – Instructors
The single best first step to becoming a better driver is to get regular coaching/instruction from qualified professional instructors. Professional drivers know this and...
To Go Faster, Find Grip! – How to lower your lap times by making...
One age old question in racing is, “Why is one driver faster than another in the same car, all else being equal?” Simple question....
