Time Out With James Brown
NASA SoCal’s James Brown started as director of the Teen Mazda Challenge in 2018, after TMC founder Ron Cortez died suddenly last January, and...
Muscle Memory
You have watched the best of drivers at work behind the wheel of an F1 or an Indy car, or perhaps a Corvette, Ferrari...
HPDE Driver: Getting to Grid on Time
There’s a million ways to be late to grid, and all of them wind up being excuses. Back in March, we highlighted a life...
Making Things Right
Rookie driver Karla Pestotnik won’t forget her first collision when she hit fellow Honda Challenge 2 driver Tom Paule during a qualifying race at...
Timeout With: Scott Smith
Q: You’re in charge of the NASA Car Control Clinic. How did that get started?
A: To date, I have been doing this program for...
Establishing Habits of Good Vision
I have to admit, as I look back at some of my driving experiences on and off the track, there have been moments when...
Timeout with: Dave Balingit
Dave Balingit
I grew up in a racing family and spent the majority of my weekends at Laguna Seca and Sears Point, first getting...
Understanding Weight Transfer
What is weight transfer? A car at rest distributes its weight over the four tires. When you accelerate, the front gets lighter – an...
Timeout With: Dane Byrd
Speed News is embarking on a new angle for its “Timeout With” interviews, in which we’ll be talking with series leaders across the country...
Balancing Marriage and Racing
Lots of racers balance their engines for optimum performance. But how many of them balance their personal relationships with their significant others for even...
