The 2026 Race Season … So Far!
I’ve been a bit quiet lately, and I wanted to pop in and catch up. I suffered a pretty significant injury four weeks before the season opener at Nashville Superspeedway. This led me on an engineering journey to set up…
Driving Technique
Driving the Thunder Roadster Without the Clutch: Heel-Toe Shifting the Sequential Gearbox
With a strained left calf and a race days away, I had two options: sit it out, or figure out how to drive the Thunder Roadster without relying on the clutch. Never one to be deterred, I chose the latter…
Driving a Racecar Fast: The Fridge Rules
Years ago, when I first came back to racing, I devoured every book I could find on racecraft. From the well-known Speed Secrets series by Ross Bentley to obscure independent publications like You Suck at Racing by Ian Korf, and…
Nashville Superspeedway August 2021
At Nashville Superspeedway, the transition from the NASCAR banking to the infield is an event. Upsetting not only the car but the driver in the process. The only way to go fast here is to know your car, know your…
Apex Pro – A Racer’s Perspective
The Apex Pro is a pretty cool piece of kit in the driver aid market. As a standalone device, it measures the car’s performance against it’s potential and flashes a series of lights to give the driver real-time feedback. When…
Is the Season Over? A Racer’s Guide to Coping with 2020.
The current Covid-19 outbreak is wreaking havoc around the globe. Over the last two weeks we’ve watched world economies shutter as more countries go from a wait and see approach to varying degrees of quarantine. Italy appears to be a…