In the “Overestimating Opponents” episode, Luke explained why he dislikes the “spray around” strategy in typicaly competition. What then, is the value of equipping our bracket vehicles with nitrous oxide?
The age old debate! What’s the better fuel for sportsman drag racing competition: Gas or alcohol?
We’ve all had a situation where we underestimated an opponent, and it came back to bite us. What about the opposite? What happens when we give our opponent too much credit?
Aggression has a negative connotation… But, as Luke argues here, it may be the most critical component of today’s successful sportsman drag racer.
How a joke from Troy Williams, Jr. about hypnotism has impacted my racing outlook for more than a decade.
What makes the best racers the best racers? Is it supreme starting line focus? Uncanny finish line ability? A willingness to put opponents outside their comfort zones? In this episode, Luke admits that the best racers typically share all of those skills and more… however, he argues, their most distinguishing trait is most often their mental game.
It’s easier than we’d like to admit to fall into the trap of allowing external circumstances (our opponent, an unavoidable delay, the perception of onlookers, etc.) to dictate our pace on the starting line. In this brief discussion, we focus on avoiding those pitfalls to truly Own the Moment.
What’s the advantage to competing in a variety of classes, cars or categories? Seat time is certainly valuable in and of itself, but we’d argue that the inherent value of “mixing it up” goes deeper than simply making more runs.
You’ve got a new racer – a blank canvas, if you will. What’s the best way to teach him or her the most difficult aspect of our sport: precisely driving the finish line?
We all want to feel like we’re getting better (as a racer), and we work – often tirelessly – toward that pursuit. But how do we accurately determine whether or not our efforts are providing the intended result?