Training Your Eyes
What’s the most effective way to achieve faster lap times?
There is no silver bullet to bring big gains in performance. One driver benefits from...
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...
Passing to Maintain Cornering Speed
The last two articles covered strategy and etiquette for passing drivers and those being passed. This article talks about how drivers make mistakes in...
Hydration, Fitness and Nutrition – Personal Prep Tips for Race Day
Like traditional athletes, competitive drivers and their teams are engaged in a physically and mentally demanding sport, susceptible to such health issues as fatigue,...
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...
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,...
Going Fast Sideways to Lower Lap Times
Although I’ve always felt comfortable correcting oversteer, I’ve realized that I tend to tiptoe toward the limit after jumping into a new car. I...
Driving Tips: Setup Issues
“Should we set up the car to understeer so that we can focus on trail braking?” “In a front-wheel-drive car, do we set up...
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...
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...
