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Speed Secrets 6: The Perfect Driver (No. 6)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #227994 in Books
- Published on: 2007-01-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Some people believe achieving perfection is impossible. But racers know you can always do better. First you strive for a perfect lap, then a series of perfect laps, then a perfect race, and finally, a perfect season. Of course, the only way to begin to approach perfection is to have a model of what perfection is.
Speed Secrets 6: The Perfect Driver helps you develop mental models to improve your racing and then explains how to use them. Are you losing time because you’re on the brakes too long going into a particular corner? Author Ross Bentley shows you how to use mental imagery to experience to the feeling of hitting the perfect end-of-braking point, as well as how to develop a mental trigger that will stimulate your subconscious into executing that point on the track.
Mental imagery helps you off the track, too. So, whether it’s carrying out a debriefing session with your crew chief, handling a meet-and-greet with potential sponsors, or turning a fast lap, Speed Secrets 6 will help you become the perfect driver.
About the Author
The author of five previous Speed Secrets books, Ross Bentley is a former Indy Car driver and winner of the U.S. Road Racing Championship. Today, he’s a professional driving coach who works with drivers at every level of racing, from karting to the IRL.
Although he no longer races regularly, Bentley still drives competitively. In 2003, his team won the SRP2 class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and in 2005, he teamed with three 16-year-old phenoms to contest the GT Class at Daytona in a Racer's Group Porsche.
This combination of driving and coaching skills allows Bentley to write about the actual task of driving a race car with more depth and intellect than any other author working today.
Customer Reviews
Speed Secrects 6
The book is easy to read and has a lot of real examples from various drivers. The book gives examples for an individual to practice and learn various techniques that will help a person with their driving skills and other aspects of life.
Speed Secrets Six: The Perfect Driver
As with the previous five Speed Secrets it is concise and insightful. I found tips that I applied next time in the car. A must for anyone serious about getting faster.
Taking your racing to the next step
The Speed Secrets series overall (there's one I wasn't so fond of) does a fantastic job of helping a new driver learn various techniques, then transitions into someone with a bit of racing experience. Speed Secrets 6 is an excellent resource for a person looking to take their game to the next level, whether that be someone who feels comfortable on track but is a mid-pack driver, to someone who is typically a front-running driver looking for more. Probably my favorite part of the book deals with learning a new track, or one that you don't have too much experience on. Novices are taught to really focus on learning lines, but this book provides fantastic insight for how a more experienced driver should approach this - and it's not about learning the new track's line as you might think. "Drive the car, not the track." I have a big event coming up at Mid Ohio Sports Car Complex and typically run at the pointy end of the field, but am confident this book will give me another edge.
Dave Gran
Author of "Go Ahead - Take the Wheel" which describes how people can get onto the track on a reasonable budget.
