Past Issues

UK racer and driving coach John Norrington breaks down a complex subject in “The Circle of Grip.”. This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Use your simulator to make you a better track driver. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week focuses on making the best use of your simulator time. Ross reminds drivers that 100 track maps are available for free on the Speed Secrets website, along with a new video “The Why and What of Track Map Notes.”

Engineer and creator of the Your Data Driven online resource Samir Abid joins us to write “Leveling-up Your Feedback.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Use all the track – except when you shouldn’t. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week asks what you do with your track notes. Ross announces the return of the Speed Secrets Podcast.

Speed Secrets Weekly turns seven years old and we got it a pony. Just kidding! Ross discusses perfection in “The Mastery of Driving.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Use The Great Pause. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week focuses on non-racing sources you can use to make you a better driver. Ross says go ahead and download and share the eBook “Why: The Stories That Define Us as Drivers.”

Retired engineering professor and crack driving instructor Chuck Tucker explains the math involved in “Cutting the String on Your Corner Exit.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Be productively paranoid – there’s always more. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses your own assessment of your abilities. Prepare for getting back to the track with Virtual Track Walks presented by Ross and Peter Krause, link included.

A brand new view from another newbie racer: Jeff Smisek tells you “The Secrets Your Instructor Won’t Tell You.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Overlap your conscious and subconscious to get into the zone. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses your track awareness with a question about flags. Ross links a helpful article about building a beginner’s sim kit.

Racer Brad Kellett writes about his experience when new to the sport in “Lessons Learned as a Racing Beginner.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Train your mind like you train your body. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses your mental training program. Ross announces the quarantine reboot of the 30-Day Zone Challenge (for free!).

Professional and insightful coach Jim Kearney continues his “13” series with “13 Bad Ideas.” The week’s Speed Secret is ~ Act the way you want to perform. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses improving your depth of understanding. The webinar “Drive Faster – Fitness Training for Your Senses” is coming up this month.

New contributor to Speed Secrets Weekly, but no stranger to motorsport John Santiago writes about “Seat Time, Seat Time, Seat Time.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Focus on the possibilities rather than expectations. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week focuses on what more you can learn to be a better driver. Ross highly recommends the hopeful and entertaining book, The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, about the brain’s neuroplasticity and its possibilities.

Coffee…uh…race engineer Jeff Braun says use what you know best in “You Know More Than You Think You Do.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Drive the car, not the track – revisited. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses the practice of traction sensing. Ross announces his next webinar with fitness trainer to the racing stars Trey Shannon called “Drive Faster: Fitness Training for Your Senses” coming up next month.

Road racer James Chartres takes a logical look at the in-slow-out-fast advice with “In Fast, Out Faster.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Learn the difference between using a simulator and mental imagery. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses what you can do to improve while away from the track. Ross adds a video on “The Why and What of Track Map Notes.”

World Challenge series racer and popular article author Erin Vogel is back with “Why I’m Coaching Converted.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Good vision skills are more than just looking far ahead and where you want to go. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses moving your focal point. Ross and Ryan Staub have written “The HPDE First-Timer’s Guide,” free for download.

Kevin Beaver of Spec Miata fame writes about instructing to learn in “Want to Be a Better Driver? Explain the Concepts To Others.” This week’s Speed Secret is ~ Use the brakes to turn more or less (and how “brake popping” might work)…. ~ Self-Coaching Question of the Week addresses gentling your brake release. Ross links his publisher’s discount page for the Speed Secrets series.