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Three Themes to be a Better Driver
This week I’ve been coaching Mazda drivers competing in the SCCA Runoffs at Road America. The weather started off a bit cold, even for fall in Wisconsin, but it has turned out to be a really gorgeous week with highs in the mid-60s. The fall foliage looks great, too!...
Balancing Short-Term and Long-Term Goals
(photo credit: Al Arena/Ignite Media - Mazda Motorsports) This past weekend I was back at Mid-Ohio, where we had some absolutely gorgeous weather – maybe some of the best I’ve ever had at that track (it didn’t get the name Mud Ohio for nothing!). The Battery Tender...
Fun and Fulfillment at Any Skill Level
This past Friday was a really rewarding day of coaching for me. I was at Virginia International Raceway for a private track day, and I was instructing drivers of varying skill levels. Some of these drivers are just getting into driving on a track and learning what...
Making the Most of Repetition
We just wrapped up the make-up event for IndyCar at Mid-Ohio—with fans, which was exciting to see! Of course, there along with IndyCar was the Battery Tender Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Series for rounds five and six. The races at Indy were just the weekend before, so the...
Ending My Weekend with Unexpected Racing!
After so many weeks with no racing and nowhere to go, I’m certainly making up for lost time! There were three different events happening last weekend that I got to be a part of. Some great friends and clients of mine were racing at Road America, and I was happy to be...
Cooling Down: Temperature Testing for Global MX-5 Cup
Last week was a bit of a whirlwind! After returning from the IMSA event at Virginia International Raceway, I was off to Roebling Road in Savannah, Ga., early the next day for a Global Mazda MX-5 Cup test. Specifically, we were focusing on the cooling package for those...
Meet Your Challenges and Keep Moving Forward
This past weekend was a busy one with IMSA in town at Virginia International Raceway. It was also a weekend that came with its share of challenges for the teams I was coaching. We had a variety of weather conditions, opening the event with heavy rain and a drying...
Rolling into a Busy Weekend at VIR
It’s that time of year again: in August, IMSA comes to my local track of Virginia International Raceway. This year, I’ll be busy coaching clients in a number of the IMSA-sanctioned series running this weekend. I’ll be helping Automatic Racing again with their...
New Series, New Cars, New Track for CB Motorsports
With the postponement of the Mid-Ohio IndyCar event that was supposed to happen last weekend, which included rounds three and four of the Mazda Global MX-5 Cup series, I was able to change my plans at the last minute to attend the SRO event at Sonoma Raceway instead....
In 2020, Planning is the Key to Racing Success
The nature of this season, including a schedule that is tightly condensed into a short span of months, creates a situation that requires teams and drivers to constantly consider not just the current race but the next race or two afterwards. Some series have even gone...