SCCA Track Night Offers Valuable Experience
If you’ve ever had the desire to get your car on a professional road course and challenge it and yourself, read on.
Racing Tips
Climbing the Racing Ladder
Getting into road racing isn’t the easiest endeavor around. There are a few in-roads, but beyond those things get much more complicated.
The General Approach to Rally Racing
While driving quickly and neatly on paved courses requires utmost precision and a careful use of both front and rear tires within a relatively narrow window of slip angle, the rally driver is wise to throw this approach out the window – though not entirely.
[Video] How to Properly Measure Yourself for a Racing Suit
In this video, Frank G. from EMI and Jeremy from Speedway Motors show you how to properly measure yourself for a racing suit.
How to Drift a Road Car
Drifting a purpose-built drift machine is challenging in its own right, but the approach it requires is quite different from that required in a road car.
Making the Left Foot Brake
Because of the prevalence of paddle-shifted gearboxes in modern sports cars, the appeal of left-foot braking is greater these days, so why not learn to capitalize on a new-fangled form of technology and put that lazy left foot to work?
Overtaking, Defending, and Staying Safe in the First Corner
As the drivers sit on the starting grid, their eyes fix keenly on the light or the flag marshal, they bite their lips, breathe shallowly and tense their grip around the steering wheel.
Quick Thinking, Avoiding Spinners, and Making Saves
At which point does a driver decide to accept that a slide is beyond catching, and how do they know which way to go to avoid a competitor who’s spun off ahead of them?
Class Structure: Engine
The engine in a Stocker is very important, but in most cases, these engines are actually “stocker” than you might think.
Class Structure: Shocks, Springs, Tires and Wheels
In the past, we’ve taken a close look at what makes a legal Stock Eliminator car tick. Some of the well-scienced parts include shocks and springs, along with wheels, tires and rear end assemblies.