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...
Track Walks: The What, Where, Why and How
Track walks are a time-honored practice drivers use to better understand the nuance of a track, ultimately to achieve faster lap times. Track walks...
How To Improve During The Offseason
Nothing beats seat time when it comes to improving as a driver, but there are still plenty of ways we can improve over the...
Leap of Faith – How to Make the Most of Race Starts
“Races are not won at the start, but many are lost.” This old adage is technically correct, since all races are won when the...
HPDE Tips: Listen to Your Tires to Learn the Limits
About 10 years ago, three NASA Utah drivers each discovered the track in our own ways. For me, I showed up at Utah Motorsports...
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...
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...
When Do I Know I Am Ready?
Q: At what point should I be looking for private coaching instead of just regular HPDE instruction? When do I know I am ready?
A:...
Like Clockwork – How to take on the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, from the...
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill. You have read about it in magazines and watched YouTube videos of insane night driving stints. A guy in...
Get to Know the Intricacies of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Before the 2019...
The Mid-Ohio School gets two big thumbs up from me for outstanding high-performance driver training and track acclimation.
The 2019 NASA Championships Presented by...
