Driving Tips From The Ford Racing School – Brake-release

Here at the Ford Racing School, working with both new and experienced drivers, we have found that everyone finds lots of lap-time improvement from...

Jessica Mace

Name: Jessica Mace Age: 26 Region: Great Lakes/Midwest Hometown: Bellville, Ohio Racing Class: Race Control Sponsors: NA Day Job: Mechanic for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Favorite Food: Mexican Favorite TV show: “Heart of Dixie” Favorite Movie: “Gone With the Wind” Favorite Book: “The Joe Pickett Series” Favorite...

Privilege and Gratitude

Screaming down the front straight at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., I looked right and saw two cars right there, dead even. I...

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...

Weight Watching – Understanding Weight Transfer and Racecar Dynamics

Most of us understand that tires make traction through friction between the rubber molecules at the tire’s contact patch and the road surface. And...

Single Minded – NASA Florida racer Eric Powell has one goal: Win the...

It’s no secret that winning the Mazda Club Racer Shootout is one of the biggest prizes an amateur club racer can achieve. After 15...

Tim Weber

Name: Tim Weber Age: 54 Region: Arizona Hometown: Phoenix Racing Class: TT3 Sponsors: none Day Job: Restaurateur Favorite Food: Pizza Favorite TV show: “Big Bang Theory” Favorite Movie: “Good Will Hunting” Favorite Book: “Ender’s Game” Favorite Track: “Ender’s Game” Dream Racecar: Porsche Cup Car Things happen pretty fast for NASA...

Ten Tenets

My son has been taking taekwondo lessons since he was 5. He’s 9 now and through all those years, I’ve been watching him rise...

Driving Tips From the Ford Racing School – Instructors

The single best first step to becoming a better driver is to get regular coaching/instruction from qualified professional instructors. Professional drivers know this and...

To Go Faster, Find Grip! – How to lower your lap times by making...

One age old question in racing is, “Why is one driver faster than another in the same car, all else being equal?” Simple question....

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