I know about trackapedia Are there any other ones that I should know about? Feel free to pm if the website blocker here shoots you down. Dale
Driving tips in general and about specific tracks. I don't care about setup and all that. Trust me, you don't want to see me with a wrench in my hand. Dale
There's not a lot of that stuff on the web, Dale, for obvious reasons. By the way, you are going to have to learn how to set up a car. It's one of the building blocks of the going-faster-foundation.
Google or youtube "hot lap" and the name of the track you're interested in. Quite often you'll find either video or text "how to." Whether it's right for you or your car or the conditions, etc etc, who knows, but at least it can provide a starting point.
Let me try again. What about boards that get into the mental side of racing? I know, I know, I think too much, but I can't hep it. Dale
Dale, it's like everything else, if it's free and not from a recognized source, it's probably worth what you paid for it. NOTHING! <grin> I think that's what Brian is alluding to. Pretty typical of "open" discussion boards. When I need a laugh, I just head over to the more popular HPDE or marque club ones and peruse the "latest and greatest" hints, tips and tricks. <very big grin> No one is "re-writing the book," just stirring the same old stew different ways. It takes an educated, experienced and disciplined mind to be able to speak with value on this subject... Because all of the professionals I know are trying to protect the value of what information they do offer, it's hard to find good stuff for free, even on their sites. Ross Bentley, Guy Cosmo, F-Chatter Joe Hullett, three of the better guys out there, come to mind. Turning to educators and sports psychologists is the next move. It's only natural that if you're going to develop exercises to improve your mental approach to racing, you do it with someone trained and experienced in that separate discipline who has built experience in motorsport. In the quest to build up my suggested bibliography to my clients and friends, I'm now rediscovering Don Alexander's terrific "Think to Win" book. I spent the flight back from Moroso and will spend the flight back to Sebring this week brushing up on his visual acuity, hand/eye coordination and "how to fix it" techniques, as they are pretty effective in speaking to people with significant experience past the "n00b" stage, those who get bored easy and have heard most of the standard fare, like most of my client base seems to be. Good science here instead of just "spin." Another interesting source who makes pretty good sense is motorsports psychologist Mike Garth in the UK. His site, sun1400.com, has periodic freebies and some article reprints on mental toughness that are quite good. I guess it comes down to the fact that most of the information you're looking for is not likely to come from a "wiki" based (or otherwise uncredentialed) discussion based format. There is good stuff around, but the information flow tends to be one-way! Good luck!
