Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - what's the best way to gain performance driving skill for a beginner?

NismoZ_840 · 06-03-2010, 01:55 PM

Let's not forget old fashion treeware - books! Ross Bentley's "Speed Secrets" series is great. The Skip Barber "Going Faster" is quite good too and fills in some gaps or expands on the Speed Series. These will help, along with occasional in car instructors/veterans, to make sure your seat time is quality seat time. Another great teacher is an in car lap timer, ideally predictive lap times, and data logging. You get instant feedback on how you're doing (via the lap timer) and can do post-track analysis to figure out lap to lap how it compares and how to put together a fast lap.

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NismoZ_840 Base Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 16 Drives: 350Z Nismo Rep Power: 16	Let's not forget old fashion treeware - books! Ross Bentley's "Speed Secrets" series is great. The Skip Barber "Going Faster" is quite good too and fills in some gaps or expands on the Speed Series. These will help, along with occasional in car instructors/veterans, to make sure your seat time is quality seat time. Another great teacher is an in car lap timer, ideally predictive lap times, and data logging. You get instant feedback on how you're doing (via the lap timer) and can do post-track analysis to figure out lap to lap how it compares and how to put together a fast lap. Last edited by NismoZ_840; 06-08-2010 at 07:43 PM.