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...
Essential Spares: Camaro-Mustang Challenge
The pony-car wars that started back in the late 1960s in the Trans Am series are alive and well today in NASA’s Camaro-Mustang Challenge.
CMC...
How to Become a NASA Instructor
Think back to your first day in NASA HPDE, green as can be, nervous and excited to get out on track for the first...
Proper Reference
The previous installment of “Driving Tips” discussed methods for optimizing the seating position to improve communication between car and driver with added benefits of...
Driving on Bankings: What To Expect
Many drivers get disoriented when they drive on a banking for the first time. There is nothing else like it in motorsports. If you...
Stint Driver – Endurance racing presents a new learning curve, but the added seat...
It was many years ago when I asked a friend, “So what’s so special about endurance racing?”
I’ll never forget how he spun around with...
Time Trial Techniques: 2022 Champions and More
Back when there was such a thing as greyhound racing, the announcer would come over the loudspeaker just before they’d release the dogs to...
Driver Training: Karts or Simulators? How About Both?
These days, there’s an alternative to the tried-and-true entry point into professional motorsport. Though the two-cycle kart likely has helped propel more youngsters into...
Essential Spares: Spec Iron
Quickly, how many NASA Spec classes call for a specific V8 engine? Give up? There’s only one: Spec Iron.
Spec Iron was devised to give...
Tool Organization Advice From Amateurs and Pros
Racing would be a different sport if stuff didn’t break. But, we all know that’s not reality. In racing, stuff always breaks. And when...
