Kart Driving Articles by Terence Dove

Here are articles by Terence Dove giving you the secrets to karting excellence you need to progress.

Terence also has driving tips published on the UK's main karting websites:-

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How to Use Wet driving Techniques to Devastating Effect
How to stop getting stuck behind slower drivers, and how to overtake any driver you want

Smoothness Master Class from Thonon

I just found this great video filmed with a SmartyCam showing Jonothan Thonon racing in the Winter Cup in Super KF.

It's an incredible example of how he adapts his driving style from cold tyres during the first lap, to being very precise with his steering as soon as he has the grip.

For the first half of the video he is using an aggressive technique whilst on cold tyres, he is sliding the kart into corners and seems to be having fun!

Then suddenly as soon as the kart is ready he starts turning the kart into corners by gradually turning the steering wheel, then holding a constant angle of steering through the corner. This is a great visual explanation of how everyone should aim to drive as I've explained in my kart smoothness article here.

Eliminating The Ultimate Overtaking Sin – The Half Move

What drives parents and teams mental more than anything else is when a driver pulls alongside another driver to overtake, and then backs out at the last moment. Then from being off the racing line they lose loads of time, take a whole lap to catch up again and then guess what..... they make the same half move again, lose the same amount of time only to catch up and not pass again!

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The Hidden Secret Behind Driving Smooth

"I try to be as Smooth as possible. When I go into a corner, I turn the wheel enough to get to the Apex, but then I make sure I have the wheel centered in the corner as much as possible." Davide Fore - Multiple World Karting Champion

Davide Fore sums up the whole philosophy of elite kart driving perfectly there for you. The meaning of life for the advanced kart driver is to adjust the steering angle during cornering as little as possible AND to have the wheel as close to centred the whole time. Now, it seems fairly obvious that driving smooth is fastest. You'll hear Martin Brundle complaining about drivers sawing at the wheel too much on F1 coverage, or marvelling at how smooth Jenson Button is. It's pretty much general knowledge that driving smooth is the way to go, but telling someone how to drive smooth is useless without telling them how to drive smooth!

It's easy to drive smooth, my gran drives very smooth on the way to Sainsbury's but she aint fast!!

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Getting Into Your Flow- What Makes Racing So Magical

Right, what you are going to learn today is what puts the magic into driving. It is also the key to completely hammering your lap times down, making kickass overtaking manoeuvres, slicing through back-markers like they're not even there, driving a perfect line, and trail braking like you're floating into corners. In other words how to become a driving GOD.

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How to Get Past Karts at the Start (Rather than Being Swamped Yourself)

As a driver coach I get asked more about making great starts than any other subject. It seems that there are loads of drivers who can put together quick laps and make passing moves no problem….but they get such bad starts that the race is already ruined before the end of the first lap.

So, here is how I help some of the UK’s best drivers get great starts
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How to Become a Karting Rain Master.

How to learn to love karting in the wet and whoop everyone else.

Karting in the wet is the ultimate way to learn how a kart works, and how to become a super-sensitive kart driver. The other great thing about the wet karting is that it will magnify any driving problems you have, so you can spot them easily and nail them straight away.
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The Secret to Overtake Karts as if They are Standing Still

Karting Secrets to Overtaking, Perfect Lines and Getting in the Zone.....

Right, what you are going to learn today is what puts the magic into driving. It is also the key to completely hammering your lap times down, making kickass overtaking manoeuvres, slicing through back-markers like they're not even there, driving a perfect line, and trail braking like you're floating into corners. In other words how to become a driving GOD.
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If You Want to Win Karting Events....You Need to Know How to Brake

How to Earn Your Title as the Karting 'Last of the Late Brakers

How do I learn to brake like those flash Super 1 karters?

This is where you're going to get the answers you need. And in my usual tradition I'm going to give you nice'n'easy step-by-step instructions.
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