Toolshed Engineer

You spent all that time stripping your racecar, making it lighter, losing weight wherever possible and taking away non-essential items. Then you finally sat...

Every good race driver or race team manager will tell you that to be successful you need to read the rulebook very closely. Really...

Seatbelts were invented to save your life. Personally I don’t plan on testing that theory. But I do enjoy the benefits racing harnesses provide...

Every time I watch an F1 race on television, I am always amazed at the number of crew members standing in the paddock staring...

As racers, we are always looking for that little edge against our competitors. Some of those advantages come at great cost and time, like...

Part of being a racecar driver is learning new racetracks. There is always time to be gained through track familiarization. In recent decades, technology...

In endurance racing, pit stops are crucial to success. Any team that has run endurance events understands races can be won or lost in...

One of the easiest ways to modify your car’s handling is by adjusting air pressure in the tires. It’s also one of the easiest...

Like most racers, I’m always looking to improve. How can I make the car faster? How can I go flat over the bypass? How...

What information do you really need to know in a racecar? Sure, oil pressure, that’s pretty important. Rpm, is good to know so you...