Past Issues

Driver and data enthusiast Andrew Rains addresses drivers’ reluctance to delve into date in “So You Say You’re Not A Data Person?” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Understand where, when, and why you choose to drive at or below the limit. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Friction Circle (traction circle).” Ross highly recommends that everyone read The Unfair Advantage by Mark Donahue and Paul Van Valkenburgh (back in print).

Jet pilot, Formula Vee competitor, and flight coach Phil Wilkes (yet another Aussie!) illustrates improvement with examples from F1 and Olympic cycling in “Aggregate Your Gains.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Imagine the Gift of Driving ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Brake Bias.” Ross presents the Speed Secrets for pilots book, “Performance Pilot,” co-authored with this week’s feature writer.

Australian racing champion, enthusiastic Mygale race car promoter, and race team owner Greg Woodrow relates his own race hero story in “What Brock Told Me!” This weekʻs Speed Secret is ~ Have a Plan. Use a Plan. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Corner Weight.” Ross announces his event schedule for February and March.

Kart racer and Strength and Conditioning Specialist Trey Shannon contributes his debut article, “Improving Fitness to Driver Faster.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Give yourself enough recovery time. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Understeer,” and “Oversteer.” Ross announces the next webinar “Fitness for Drivers” scheduled for February 12, 2019.

Ian Korf continues with Part 2 of “Spin Not, Win Not.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Time your downshifts. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Anti-Roll Bar” and “Roll Stiffness.” Ross asks readers a question about favorite advice given and taken.

Driver, coach, and blogger at yousuckatracing Ian Korf addresses “Spin Not, Win Not” in the first of two features. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Learn through trackside observation. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Spring Rate,” “Wheel Rate,” and “Shock Rate.” Ross is maintaining a wait list for the webinar Improve Your Braking and Corner Entry Speed (very popular!).

Ross begins the New Year with his thought-provoking article entitled, “Understand Why.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Have a plan. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Anti-drive,” “Anti-squat,” and “Ride Height.” Ross invites you to download free track maps at www.SpeedSecrets.com/Trackmaps.

Ross shares his letter to Santa with his wishes for the coming year. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ The best drivers have a growth mindset. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Toe,” “Ackerman,” and “Bump Steer.” Ross announces his next webinar, Improve Your Braking & Corner Entry Speed, scheduled for January 15^th.

UK-based coach John Norrington writes about “The Why and Flow of Coaching” in his debut article. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Do two-thirds of your braking in the first third of the braking zone. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Camber” and “Castor.”

Randy Beikmann is back with Part Two of “Updating My Mental Cornering Model” (with more Euler line graphs). This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Try one gear taller. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Weight Transfer” and “Contact Patch.” Holiday gifts of swag available through StyledAesthetic.com/SpeedSecrets/.

Author of Physics For Gearheads, Randy Beikmann, tackles mental imagery for cornering in the first of two articles (with lots of visuals of the Euler line!). This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Pick the low hanging fruit. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Point-by.” Ross gives you some prompts to review your driving year.

Ross tackles an entire issue again, addressing one of the most-mentioned challenges, the lack of clear mental imagery. In “How It’s Done, “ Ross takes you through a mental and physical on Turn One at Daytona International Raceway. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ If you can’t do something in your mind, you’ll never be able to do it on the track. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Apex” and “Apex Angle.” Ross announces the launch of the Speed Secrets clothing line. Finally, eh?