The Olympics is on TV at the moment and we are all supposed to marvel at the super human efforts of all the athletes. Fair play to them, but they are not a patch on what a regular cash strapped karter has to become if they want to succeed! Here is what the young racing […]
Blimey, it’s been over a year since I’ve written any articles here, or anywhere else! I haven’t felt inspired until now, today, when I saw the above image that encapsulates the raw and pure beauty of what a zero-compromise race tuned kart does. That picture contains everything you need to know about driving the most […]
Here is a deeply significant insight into the mind of a champion, who has won the Olympic gold in Skeleton. It’s absolutely instructive to karters because it is about going as fast as you can on a well learned track on a very simple machine. Did you miss it????? “As soon as I finished on […]
Non-Thinking Driving, The Zone, Subconscious Driving….. These are all the Holy Grail of driving. But they can be deadly to your performance! Here’s why…. Getting in the zone and driving subconsciously is all the rage with coaches and sports psychologists. It’s what we are all chasing because we know that when a driver reports being […]
Drivers get so much input (usually well meaning) from all over the place when they are at the track. And most of the advice is contradictory. For example, a coach would be trying to help a driver maintain focus and be relaxed, whilst his mechanic might be saying ‘just get in there and kick some […]
PF at the weekend – nobody knew what track conditions would be for any session. This is the new norm for summer karting – dry track with blue sky, and a huge rain storm closing in fast! In conditions like this you are never on the right tyres, and you never have the right set […]
Your bog standard track walk to me is a waste of time, its something a team or coach does probably because its what they are expected to do. If I walk the track before the day starts I use it as a chance to chat with the driver, and they do most of the talking […]
If you want absolute confidence that you will ace each corner every time, you need a detailed plan of how you will take the corner…..otherwise how will you know you got it right? By a detailed plan I mean you can use all of the following. Braking point Turn in point Brake release point Throttle […]
Getting a kick out of a race result is fine, but if you want to set yourself on a path of mastering kart driving then race results need to quickly become an irrelevance. Developing real confidence in yourself. Karting requires incredible levels of self confidence. And that self confidence needs to be built from developing […]
Welcome to my kart driving mastery blog. Why winning doesn’t mean a thing to me The purpose of this site is to show how mastering the art of kart driving is a worthwhile pursuit in and of itself, regardless of wins or race results. In fact I assert that treating kart driving as an activity […]