Big Buck Footbrake Racing Origins
This week on the Daily Driver, I wanted to talk about the origins of Big Buck Footbrake Racing and my own memories of it starting.
Racing with anxiety with Kris Whitfield
This week on the Daily Driver, I am joined again by regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor, Kris Whitfield. Kris talks about his battles with anxiety and the ways he has worked with it in his racing.
Coming into the season sharp
A common question I’m frequently asked is, what’s the best way to prepare for racing after the offseason break? I can tell you one relatively simple thing that I still do, 30 years into my racing career.
Staging Routine with Matt Dadas
On this week’s Daily Driver, I’m joined by regular ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE guest instructor and highly accomplished big dollar bracket racer Matt Dadas and we jump right to the burning question…staging.
How my Corvette made me better
I’ve been asked repeatedly: Vega or Corvette? What’s better? I could make an argument for either but the question should be which has made me better? That answer is easy.
Looking Forward To…
As we kick off a fresh season, what are you most looking forward to? Here are four things I can’t wait to see in 2025! There’s Nothing Sweeter than a Repeater: Back-to-back national championships are rare in any category; but they’re even harder to come by in the sportsman categories. Doug Gordon was the last […]
Question of the week: How do I get more comfortable driving the finish line as the slower car (w/ Kris Whitfield)?
This week’s Daily Driver is featured from ThisIsBracketRacing’s question of the week: How do I get more comfortable driving the finish line as the slower car (w/ Kris Whitfield)?
Revisiting a Title Run
In the last Science of Winning column here in National Dragster, I did my best to relive the drama of the NHRA Finals and the closing weeks of the season in the Lucas Oil sportsman ranks. At the end of that recap, I shared a glimpse of my own experience – in an effort to […]
Balancing Tuning with Driving with Mike Mans
On this week’s Daily Driver I am joined by one of our regular guest instructors in ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE, a very successful racer and all things mechanical guru: Mike Mans. Our topic today is how to balance tuning with driving.
Recast: Making the Finish Line Simple
As part of our 3-week binge here on the Daily Driver (one episode released EVERY day), we’d like to “Play the hits.” Each Friday, we’ll recast a prior episode. Today’s discussion, “Making the finish line simple” is one of our most downloaded shows in Daily Driver history. Today is the final day of ELITE open […]