Past Issues

Ayesha K. Chaudhary is back with her insight on cultivating awareness. with specifics on how to begin that practice. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Think where you want to go. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Brake Fade,” “Long pedal and/or Soft Pedal,” “Hard Pedal,” and “Brake Shudder.” Ross recommends listening to a brand new podcast hosted by Nico Rosberg called “Beyond Victory.”

Ross composes this issue in its entirety from his “writing chair,” starting with “Expertise Versus Experimentation – Which is Best?” Next up, this week’s Speed Secret is ~ Practice positive target fixation ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “On Camber,” “Off Camber,” “Blind Corner,” “Decreasing Radius Corner,” and “Increasing Radius Corner.” In But Wait, There’s More, Ross lists his favorite books about driving.

Competitive kart racer (and committed gearhead) Mark Sternberg shares his story of how mental preparation helped him at some important moments in “An Electrified Flow State.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Learn to Adapt your Driving to Your Car’s Needs. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Throw-Away Corner” and “Passing Zone.” Ross shares his performance reading recommendations in But Wait, There’s More….

Data coach, driver coach, and Porsche driver Matt Romanowski writes about how to take meaningful driving notes in “Make Your Driving Notable.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Use the throttle to tell you whether you’re driving the best line or not. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Target Fixation.” Ross suggests checking out the data acquisition app Track Attack.

In his second article on the topic of driver development, Billy Johnson looks at electronic methods. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Check your conclusions. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Driving the Line” and “Turn-in Speed.” Webinar “Free Stuff to Make You and Your Car Faster” with Jeff Braun is coming up on November 1^st.

Billy Johnson tackles the various methods of driver development in the first of two articles. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Gut instinct is real. Trust it. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Stickers,” “Rocks,” “Scrubs,” “Slicks,” “Rains,” “Floods,” “Inters, Intermediates,” and “DOT.” Ross shares a video on vision, featuring an eye-track comparison between F1 driver Kevin Magnussen and a gamer-in-training.

Ingrid Steffensen helps you get the most out of your HPDE experience in “How to Train Your Instructor.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ You have to BE before you can DO. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Marbles” and “Pickup.” Ross recommends Ingrid’s book Fast Girl: Don’t Brake Until You See the Face of God and Other Good Advice from the Racetrack (available through Amazon.com).

Billy Johnson presents Part Two on car control. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Go ahead, be superstitious. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Agricultural racing,” “Off,” “Stuffed it,” and “Shunt.” Ross announces that registration is open for the next webinar (with Jeff Braun) “Free Stuff to Make You & Your Car Faster.”

Professional Chip Ganassi Racing driver Billy Johnson joins the Speed Secrets Weekly contributors with his first installment of two articles on car control. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Balance loading the car on corner entry with a disciplined turn-in. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Crabbing” and “Pinching.” Ross gives you links to his past seven podcasts, including the one with the aforementioned Billy Johnson.

New contributor Cheyenne Young tells his fascinating story of learning driving technique without any track time or cars with high horsepower. This week’s Speed Secret references Hellenistic philosophy in “Use the Stoic’s Approach to Performance Driving.” Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Begin-of-Braking (BoB)” and “End-of-Braking (EoB).”

“The King of Motorsport” Jeff Braun (see SSW#243) pens “Feeling The Tire: The most import thing to setting up your car AND driving faster.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Frame Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Stand on it” “Pedal it” and “Flat it”; “WOT”; and “Red Mist.” Ross asks readers to share how they keep their driving notes.

Ross follows up on Peter’s two articles with his feature article “Strategy & Tactics Vs. Mindset.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Focus on a Harder Application of the Brakes ~ and Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Diamond the Corner” and “Square the Corner.” If you’re going to the Runoffs, either at COTA or Sonoma, Ross offers links to the upcoming “Art and Science of Racing in the Rain” webinar or your choice of Virtual Track Walks.