Achieving Consistency
Q: I struggle with turning consistently fast laps during a race, how can I improve that?
A: Many factors affect lap consistency throughout a race. The...
HPDE Driver
A colleague of my wife, Margo, and mine, Hal Massey, a regular in American Iron racing in NorCal back in the mid ‘90s, stopped...
Recognizing And Fixing “Double-Braking”
If you find yourself over-slowing before corners at the end of fast straights, you might be creating an unforced error known as “double-braking.” Double-braking...
Making it Schtick: How to Attract and Keep Sponsors
If there were ever a journeyman, veteran and expert in marketing to the high performance and racing industry, all rolled into one person, it’s...
Left-Foot Braking
Many consider left-foot braking an advanced technique reserved for the upper echelons of motorsport. However, we all do it when we get into a...
Demo Day: Young Drivers Test Mazda’s Spec MX-5
There are several paths young karters can take to try to advance their racing careers, and nearly all of them require the guidance of...
How To Achieve Fast and Legal Enduro Pit Stops
If you want to improve your best lap time around a track by one full second, you will either need to spend a lot...
Crash Survival
For utmost safety and preparedness, optimize your driver and your equipment
When I started racing karts more than 50 years ago, serious and fatal injuries...
Learning the Line
The line is the path around the track, that when driven at the limit, will yield the fastest lap time.
The line through any particular...
The Race Winner Mindset
We all know that to become a race-winning driver we need to combine our skills with mental and physical strength. We often discuss what...
