How do you do this?

[Tony356993]

Yo Mike,
The processing of all information (including speed) is something that you will improve upon with each event. Keep looking far down the track and begin ignoring the cones. While cones are an important part for beginners they become a crutch for blue and white. If you are looking at any of the cones during turn in or apex your eyes in in the wrong place. In other words, when you turn in you eyes should be looking thru the apex of corner toward track out. When you have as many days at sp that you have just drive the track instinctually. Don't think too much - just drive. You have an innate driving skill that you can harness with increasing your your vision and keeping confident. You are getting all you can out of that car but you can continue to improve each session. If you get a chance, get some rides in some higher hp track cars. This will help your eyes process the speed and ingrain the images and rate of change of speed into your brain. You know how I feel about visualizing the track and hitting your marks every lap and it all will come together. You have the skill, maturity and dedication to become a very good driver and instructor. Remember - ignore the stink in cones!!







michael lang wrote:

Just a couple of weeks ago I went out for my last DE of the season with Potomac, and for some reason they had put me into the White Group eventhough they knew that I was a Blue Group student. I was told that they wanted to see how I would perform. I feel like I did a pretty good job and the instructors that rode with me were confirming that by saying that I was definitely in the correct run group based on my skill level. I was having some problems getting past some mental barriers with being so far out of my comfort zone trying to keep pace with the much faster drivers than myself that I would intermittently miss my various reference points on the track because I was driving faster than I was used to. As the weekend passed, my eyes had acclamated to the higher speed and my driving improved but I was still having some problems with it. Here's my question:

What types of things do you do while your on track to slow things down in your mind so that your eyes will adjust to faster speeds than what you are used to?