The Psychology of Bottom Bulb Racing (Part 2)
This week’s episode is part 2 of The Psychology of Bottom Bulb Racing. In part 1 I started to talk about the takeaways I had from a discussion within ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE and those takeaways were being fearless, having a conservative strategy, cocky swing, and to be like water. This week I want to dive even […]
RIP Scotty
Much like everyone else, I didn’t know how to react to hearing about Scotty Richardson passing. I just turned on the microphone and started recording. But what do you say when Superman dies?
The Psychology of Bottom Bulb Racing (Part 1)
This episode is exclusively for you bottom bulb racers and honestly if this sounds similar, it’s because my most recent National Dragster column was on this same topic too. But here within the Daily Driver, I want to expand on it more. I want to dive deeper into the psychology of bottom bulb racing, not […]
The Psychology of Bottom Bulb Racing
One of the best parts about my role as an instructor within ThisIsBracketRacing ELITE is the ability to get to talk with racers,from all over the country (and the world), who compete in seemingly every facet, category, and series of sportsman drag racing. As a prime example, I recently hosted an ELITE “mastermind” call alongside […]
Limiting Inputs
In a world of so much information; so many things that we could (or society tells us we should!) care about, we simply have to choose what is important to us, and… equally importantly: what is not.
Comfort Zones
There are elements that are crucial to success in our racing. And there are elements that we believe to be crucial to success in our racing. Let’s talk about where comfort zones fall.
Do the next right thing
‘Do the next right thing’ is a mantra for many struggling with addiction or can be words to live by for many who have overcome tremendous setbacks. How can we relate it to drag racing? Racing is a difficult pursuit – that’s what draws so many of us to it (and holds our passion – […]
Every Racer Should…
Fourteen years ago, my wife Jessica and I approached our local track owner Scott Bailey and pitched him an idea: we wanted to partner with him to put on a bracket race. Our vision: big race feel in a small track atmosphere. In the years since, our local track has undergone a major facelift. Ownership […]
Staging Games
This seems to come up a couple of times of year, and it’s the complaint of staging games. I want to address this, but I’m way past the point of sugar coating it.
Competitive Sociopath
In this week’s episode I wanted to look at the correlation between of being hyper focused and success. Is that competitive sociopath mentality the only path to success? Or can we strive to be both focused and have fun?