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The Start: Ten Seconds That Can Make… Or Break Your Race

The Start: Ten Seconds That Can Make… Or Break Your Race

The old saying goes, “No race has ever been won in the first corner, but many have been lost there." Well if that’s true, then why do so many drivers go for it at the start?

By Ross Bentley | August 29, 2022
sponsorship
By a Racer, For Racers: Finding Target Brands for Sponsorship
By a Racer, For Racers: Finding Target Brands for Sponsorship

For young racers looking to make the step into racing professionally, a singular topic is always at the forefront: sponsorship.  Current Idemitsu Mazda MX-5 Cup challenger Aidan Fassnacht dives deep into the prospect of finding funding to secure a racing seat; the first of a four part series - By a Racer, For Racers.

By Ross Bentley | September 27, 2022
Formula 1
Why We Love Willy T. Ribbs
Why We Love Willy T. Ribbs

Just one week into F1's summer break, we've found ourselves rewatching some of the 2022 season's highlights.  One of the most memorable moments so far has to be Willy T's podium interviews after the Miami GP.

By Ross Bentley | August 08, 2022

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Features , Racing
Speed Secrets: When Pride Puts You In The Wall

Folks, this is written in first person, because it happened to me. I’ll try to keep it to the point, but what I’ll describe is a very close call that could have been very serious for me – the coach in the car – and the driver.

By Ross Bentley | December 30, 2019
Features , Racing
Pro Road Racing To Undergo Massive Shift Away From ICE

By legislation of car emissions, by incentives, eventually by popular demand and possibly by outright banning of internal combustion engines, the move toward electric cars has begun.

By Tom Martin | December 28, 2019
Features , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: Midweek Motorsports Series 14 Episode 47

In this episode: this year’s end of the year awards are discussed (voting in link below), as well some lengthy discussion on the future of regulations in the WEC and Le Mans.

By Winding Road Staff | December 17, 2019
Features , Racing
Speed Secrets: Getting Back on Track After Time Off

For those of us who love to drive, having to take time off because of work, life obligations, or necessary automotive repairs and maintenance is no fun. We inevitably spend the weeks or months in which our cars are parked dreaming about getting back to performance driving at our favorite tracks. Thoughts of driving inevitably lead us to wonder whether our driving skills will have diminished after time away from driving at speed. Will my shifting be as smooth? Will I be able to brake as late as I did on that last session months ago? Will my lap times be the same as they were when I left off?

By Ross Bentley | December 17, 2019
Features , Racing
Video: Picking Up A Ton Of Positions In The Rain

This video is something else: check out World Challenge heavy-hitter/all-around nice guy Tom O’Gorman pick up a ton of positions in the rain at the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill earlier this month.

By Peter Nelson | December 17, 2019
Features , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: SlipAngle Podcast Talks With ForTheSakeofRacing

Episode 288 – Adam sat down with new GLTC buddies Max and Dusty from ForTheSakeofRacing, who are part of a team who campaign a rather unique and well loved Mercedes 190e in both Champ Car enduros and #GRIDLIFE Touring Cup sprint racing.

By Winding Road Staff | December 03, 2019
Features , Racing
The Four Fundamentals of Driving a Race Car Fast

After spending a lifetime driving as fast as possible for a living, as well as operating a racing school for the past several years, I guess I am qualified to provide my opinion on the basics of driving fast!

By Ross Bentley | December 03, 2019
Features , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: Speed City Interview With Will Buxton

This week we’d like to feature this episode of Speed City where they sit down with Will Buxton to talk about his new book, My Greatest Defeat.

By Winding Road Staff | November 12, 2019
Features , Racing
Video: The 2019 Goodwood Revival

The Goodwood Revival blessed the tarmac of the Goodwood Motor Circuit back in mid-September, and man was it something to behold.

By Peter Nelson | November 09, 2019
Features , Racing
A Few Quick Questions With TCR Driver Mason Filippi

We recently sat down via email with Mason Filippi, who drove the #21 Hyundai Veloster N in TCR with Bryan Herta Autosport in this season’s IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Series.

By Peter Nelson | November 08, 2019
Features , Racing
Need To Know: 10 Best Ways To Get Racing Sponsorship Money

We’ve asked our readership for the questions they would most like to have had the answers to when they were starting out in motorsports. We’ve created our Need To Know series to address many of these questions.

By Winding Road Staff | November 06, 2019
Features , Racing
Video: Inside The World Of TCR

As the 2019 season winds down, one form of racing that’s crowning champions across the globe is one of our favorites, TCR.

By Peter Nelson | November 05, 2019
Features , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: The Smoking Tire Podcast #471 – Tommy Kendall

In this episode, Matt and Zach chat with racing legend and TV personality Tommy Kendall about his background in road racing, as well as the current state of automotive trends.

By Peter Nelson | November 02, 2019
Features , Racing
The Guide To Road Racing, Part 14: Can You Be Trusted With A Race Start?

A frighteningly high percentage of wrecks and metal-metal incidents happen on race starts. On the one hand, that’s understandable since that’s where the largest number of cars are very close together. We might say that proximity breeds contact. But the view that “things happen” really doesn’t cover how you should think about race starts. And it doesn’t cover how your fellow racers think about how you start races.

By Tom Martin | October 31, 2019
Features , Racing
Pruett Weighs In On The Fate Of Laguna Seca

This editorial piece by Marshall Pruett on Racer.com addresses the status of management at Laguna Seca, and highlights the complex scenario of keeping everyone involved with its operation happy.

By Winding Road Staff | October 30, 2019
Features , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: MPP The Week In IndyCar, Listener Q&A

In this episode of the Marshall Pruett Podcast, questions are answered from social media covering a wide variety of topics in racing, centered around IndyCar. Always a solid listen!

By Winding Road Staff | October 29, 2019
Features , Racing
Speed Secrets: Diversify Your Talent

While some people race for fun, there are others who want to make a living driving a car. I might be able to call myself a factory driver now thanks to Mazda’s SKYACTIV-D prototype program, but I’m still busy with a lot of coaching, too. For racers who want to work their way into a professional series or diversify by becoming a coach, there are a number of ways to get started and a lot of things to keep in mind.

By Ross Bentley | October 27, 2019
Features , Racing
Video: 2019 NASA Championship TT5-Winning Lap At Mid-Ohio

Competition was fierce this year at NASA Champs at Mid-Ohio, particularly in the TT5 field. According to this article in NASA Speed News, the top three finishers were separated by a total of just .112 seconds, and first and second were separated by just .048 seconds.

By Peter Nelson | October 24, 2019
Features , Racing
Video: Super Street 2019 FF Battle 11

Time attack is alive and well (and rapidly growing) in Southern California, and one event that serves as a great sample of this is Super Street Magazine’s FF Battle Presented by ENEOS and SPEC Clutch.

By Peter Nelson | October 22, 2019
Features , Racing
Highlighted Podcast Episode: Justin Bell On The Smoking Tire

In this episode, Matt, Zach, and Vinny talk with racing driver and personality Justin Bell about a wide range of topics, notably about his recent drive at the Petit Le Mans, working one’s way up in racing these days, and more.

By Peter Nelson | October 22, 2019
Features , Racing
Speed Secrets: The Napkin Manifesto

Driver coaches don’t know everything, far from it. The idea is not to be a know-it-all but a thoughtful ally. The constant refrain in my head is simply this: What can I say that will most help? Coaches are learning as well, if we stay awake. I learned something in a bar near Road America that I’ve used every track day since.

By Ross Bentley | October 22, 2019

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