Table of Contents >> RD SOURCEBOOK
7. Driver and Team Development
Mental preparation, developing a winning attitude, physical conditioning, stress reduction techniques, learning to breathe, medical checklist, dangers of dehydration and heat exhaustion — Types of business organization you should consider, insurance, testing plans, budgets — Sponsorship: How to get it.
8. Technical The Stuff You Need to Know
Tires, caster, camber, toe-in, slip angles, suspension systems — Aerodynamics: how wings work, what downforce does and how to control it. — Turbulence when drafting — The basics of reading computer data about your performance — How to determine what needs to be done based on your collection of data.
9. Before Your First Race
Being prepared — The driver’s meeting, race organization, practice sessions, qualifying sessions and your race objectives — The five minutes before the start — Be safe instead of stupid — The importance of debriefing.
10. Introduction to Tactics
Tips from the professionals — The basics of getting a good start and what to do if you don’t — Tricks of winning a restart and the fundamentals of drafting, passing and defending.
11. The Performance Car Owners Clubs
What these clubs offer in the way of training and the risks you must consider — Porsche, BMW, Saab, Ferrari and others.
12. Cheating
Some of the frequent and more creative techniques for stretching the rules and how the technical experts find them.
13. Simulation / Virtual Racing
Video and interactive racing and the control units we prefer — What you can and cannot learn from these amazing driving tools.
14. A Racer’s Glossary
15. The Racer’s Library
The books we consider necessary to have and those we consider nice to have — Includes books and magazines as well as a list of book sellers.
Appendix
Travel checklists, personal race calendar, personal race notes.
Racing Driver Sourcebook eBook
Table of Contents
1. The Cars and the Classes
An illustrated guide to the major racing cars and racing organizations — Descriptions of stock cars, Formula One, IRL, racing school series, the SCCA and club racing, manufacturer’s series, the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am and Trans-Am, touring cars, karting and soap box
racers — Where to start checklist. See Ch. 1, p. 1 for chapter table of contents
2. Racing Schools
and How to Begin Racing
The questions to ask when choosing a racing school — Becoming a race car mechanic: an alternative route for future drivers — A day at a Shifter Kart School — Stock car driver training: the Richard Petty Experience.
3. The Cockpit: The Gauges, Switches, Dials, Pedals,
Mirrors and Safety Equipment You Need to Know
The controls a driver sees and uses when racing karts, formula cars or stock cars — How to get in and out of different types of cars — How to adjust safety harnesses and seats — Form-fitting seats — What to look for when buying helmets, gloves, suits and shoes.
4. The Track
Introduction to the anatomy of tracks — How to “read” a track — Definitions and types of tracks — The course flags — Dry and wet lines and how the winners drive them — Comprehensive track maps showing you how to make your own.
5. Vehicle Dynamics
The fundamentals of what physical forces are acting on you and your car when you accelerate, brake or turn.
6. Street Car Driving Drills:
How to Develop
Your Discipline and Technique During Everyday Driving
Shifting and braking drills — How to use your throttle and brakes to turn the car — Using your mirrors to full effect and developing the discipline you will need when racing — Includes a series of drills that can be safely performed in empty parking lots.
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