Past Issues

Runoff-winning SCCA racer and Honda R&D engineer Kevin Boehm explains “Using Electronic Stability Control as a Driver Training Tool.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Practice how you want to race, and then you’ll race how you practiced. Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Run-off area,” “Gravel trap,” “Kitty litter,” and “Blend line.” Ross announces his next webinar “Vision Training for Drivers.”

Author, instructor, and Lotus fan Ingrid Steffensen reviews how to track a new car in “That New Car Smell!” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Avoid the Change-in-Speed crime. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Chicane,” “Esses,” “Dogleg,” “Sweeper,” and “Hairpin.” Ross reminds readers of the 50% off Speed Secrets Weekly subscription offer.

It’s the 6^th (yes, 6^th!) Year Anniversary of Speed Secrets Weekly. To mark the occasion, Ross has this issue in its entirety, starting with “Is Our Sport Doomed?”, followed by this week’s Speed Secret ~ Focus on the grip, rather than the lack of grip. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Electrical problem/ran out of fuel” and “Grenade.” Ross reveals the answers to #313’s quiz on flags.

Newly-minted UK Formula Ford racer James Colborn asks “Do You Forget Faster Than You Learn?” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ It’s all about pressure ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Backmarker,” “Mobile Chicane,” “Lapped Traffic,” and “Field-Filler.” Ross announces his next (free!) webinar, Chalktalk, brought to you by TrackAttack.io.

Frequent contributor Colin Braun explains “Staying Prepared: From a Pro Racer’s Standpoint.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Be a corner worker. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Present yourself,” “Blocking,” and “Defending.” Ross presents a quiz about flags.

Spec Miata racer Kevin Beaver is back with “Incident Management in Racing” (featuring Kevin’s oopsie crash video!). This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Would you change? ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Racecraft” and “Passing Responsibility.” Ross links two of his videos “The Racer’s Mindset” and “The Art and Science of Racing in the Rain.”

Regular contributor and engineer extraordinaire Jeff Braun writes “Random Observations about Tires.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Observe and make note. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “Rain line.” Ross links to one of his favorite podcasts, Nico Rosberg’s Beyond Victory.

Ross tackles the subject of “Managing Ups and Downs” in car and driver performance. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Recovering quickly from a problem is more important than avoiding it in the first place. ~ Speed Secrets Glossary defines “In a spin, both feet in,” “If in doubt, throttle out,” and “If in doubt, flat out.” A link for official Speed Secrets merchandise is included.