Past Issues

Speed Secrets Weekly #067

Ryan Staub – club racer, HPDE instructor, and motorsport insurance expert – provides you with some very specific advice that’ll keep you safer when instructing (as well as what drivers can do to help ensure DE events are safer). Momentum is a good thing, no matter whether you’re driving a so-called “momentum car” or a 650HP monster, as this week’s Speed Secret elaborates on. Then, Ross writes about the dangers of HPDE instructing, how we need to “fix the system,” and then asks you to join the crusade to ensure better standards for instructor selection, training and event operation.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #066

You can’t hide. With the use of video and data, it’s practically impossible to not know what you’re doing on the track – as long as you know how to use these invaluable tools. And this week, driver coach Peter Krause tells you all about how to get the most out of your video. The Speed Secret this week covers two areas. First, how important corner entry speed is compared to late braking; and second, four different approaches to going faster. Ross also reviews some of the best sources for motorsport news and information.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #065

Fear is a topic that most drivers would prefer to ignore, and yet they all face at some time or another. In this issue, James Colborn writes about some lessons he’s learned about controlling and managing fear – and using that to go faster. The Speed Secret this week provides a simple focus that’ll make you faster every time – it has to do with minimizing steering input, while maximizing throttle application. Ross also provides you with a simple approach to becoming more aware of what areas of your driving you should focus on to improve.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #064

Hooked On Driving founder, David Ray, writes about an experience where he learned about performance driving – specifically about vision – from his young grandson. David’s story will stick with you the next time on track. Ross also shares a story that illustrates the power of your vision – one that he had driven home by his then-4-year-old daughter. The Speed Secret this week is about how to “integrate” your brain, to improve it’s ability to process information more quickly, and perform better overall – an all-important mental game technique.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #063

You know that feeling you get when you’re back on track after a long lay-off? Sometimes you can’t help but feel that all of your talent dripped out of your head! That’s the topic of Valerie Maloof’s feature this week – how to get back into the swing of your driving again. The Speed Secret this week is about breathing – how to ensure that you keep breathing, even in those scary, fast turns and heavy brake zones. Ross also reminds you of the importance of a proper seat, with a real-life example of drivers shaving a second off their best lap times.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #062

It’s all too easy to forget about the basics. And yet, as ex-F1 driver Allen Berg stresses in this week’s feature, the basics are what make you fast – and he talks about them in the simplest of ways, so you can maintain focus on them. This week’s Speed Secret suggests that you should never coast, and yet Ross writes about where and when that might be a good strategy. Ross also shares a story about a friend who uses “3 pressure” to hold a golf club, guitar, fiddle bow – and how that is a good place to start in terms of how tightly you should hold the steering wheel.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #061

E. Paul Dickinson will make you think deeply about your driving in this week’s feature article, specifically about the sequence and timing of the various skills and techniques you use to get around a track quickly. The main “go fast” techniques – braking, cornering, and accelerating – should be overlapped, as this week’s Speed Secret emphasizes. Ross also writes about vision. But not just the usual “look far ahead, and where you want to go.” No, he talks about how you need to use “Super Hero” vision, curving your view through the corners on the arc you want your car to follow.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #060

Babies driving race cars? Yes. Ingrid Steffensen writes about research being done with children with physical challenges driving toy cars, and how that relates to what us “driving junkies” experience. This issue’s Speed Secret is about driving the limit – whatever your limit is – and the method of honing in on it. Ross also writes about how to adapt to driving a car with a lot of aerodynamic downforce, learning to trust the higher grip level.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #059

Lap times are the ultimate measurement, and yet they can also be a detriment to your driving performance, as Jim Kearney illustrates with a story from Mid-Ohio this week. Following on the same theme, this issue’s Speed Secret and subsequent explanation talks about expectations versus potential. In addition there is a link to a great, short article that Ayrton Senna wrote that provides advice for young drivers.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #058

Davin Sturdivant writes about something so basic that most drivers put little to no thought into, costing them money and learning opportunities – we’re talking about preparation, and he gives some very practical tips. This issue’s Speed Secret relates tire traction to breaking a piece of string – and will help you use your tires’ traction better. Finally, Ross writes about a common trait that he’s identified in successful drivers, sharing it with you in hopes that you can use it to your benefit.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #057

This week we hear from Allen Berg, who drove for the under-funded Osella Team in Formula One in the mid-80s. Allen writes about what it was like to drive an F1 car, and life in a small Grand Prix team. This issue’s Speed Secret emphasizes how important it is to get a “global view” of a race track, and not just what it looks like from the driver’s seat. Ross also writes about two products he’s recently tested – the Track Attack app, and an Optrix case for mounting an iPhone so you can collect video when driving.

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Speed Secrets Weekly #056

In his two decades of racing (even though he’s only 25 years old), Colin Braun has amazed a huge amount of experience in many different types of cars and racing. In this issue he shares five tips that he’s found to be critical to a driver’s success. This issue’s Speed Secret emphasizes Colin’s message, and is focused on when you get to full throttle (not when you begin to apply the throttle). Ross also writes about racing strategically, something that 3-time World Champion Jackie Stewart did so well.

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