Racing IQ

Flexibility

Flexibility, or "versatility" is one of the common traits among the greats in our sport. Does driving a variety of cars and competing in different classes make us bett...

Trees in a Forest

Lacking a compass, an old scouting trick is this... If you're lost in a forest, unsure of the way out, or even what direction to move, you locate three trees in a row....

Dealing with a long tree

Expectation

In this age, it’s easier - more natural than ever - to judge ourselves and our racing in comparison to others. Between social media, live feeds, and frankly people lik...

To stage or not to stage?

Opportunity

Under Reacting and Presence

Very selfishly, part of this podcast is for my own benefit: as I work through some of these ideas in the process of my own day-to-day life.On our way here, not even ha...

Happiness is Available

In racing, I think we face this juxtaposition a lot, often in settings that can elicit high emotion.We’re passionate about what we're doing.We put a lot of time & work...

The Best vs My Best

How do you frame personal performance? Is your self talk directed toward being THE best, or toward being YOUR best?There's not necessarily a right or wrong answer; but...

Perfection

Are you a perfectionist? Have you convinced yourself that such perfectionism serves you?I've often held myself to incredible standards... And I've been very hard on my...

Patience

There is an element of patience in what we do - this HARD game that we choose to play; and how patiently staying the course (even when the destination isn’t completely...

Passion

Morning of the Million

A speech for the ages. Listen in on what reads like pre-game pump up message to those competing on the biggest stage of their careers. Taken from an exclusive ThisIsBr...

Analyzing Outcomes for Growth

I believe that we tend to overestimate the presence of skill in our own positive outcomes. And that we tend to overestimate the presence of luck in our negative outcom...

Weather Factors

While we typically use this podcast space to focus on the psychology of competition (partly because you've requested it, but mostly because that's totally my bag!), we...

Hoops Reflections (Part 2)

In a previous episode, I shared some takeaways from coaching youth basketball that I think apply directly to driving a race car. If that may have seemed like a stretch...

Hoops Reflections (Part 1)

What does coaching 4th and 5th grade basketball have to do with drag racing you ask? Well, maybe more than you think. In this episode, I share what I've learned about ...

Build a new sand castle

Our game is filled with ups and downs. It's easy to go from "hero to zero" and feel like we're only as good as our last run down the race track. In this episode, I sha...

Potential bye

In this episode we discuss the (obvious) benefits of a potential bye run and the common pitfalls racers often overlook when sitting on the bye. While these pitfalls ca...

Where to begin?

Where do you start when you're new to this? How do you "catch up" when you feel like you're years behind the rest of your competitors? In this episode, I share what I ...

"We need you back for a re-run..."

Getting called back for a re-run doesn't happen very often, but when it does... It's often associated with some feelings of discontent. In this episode, I share some o...

Leveling Up

When should you "level up" to the next class? Or should you at all? In this episode, I discuss this question and share key factors you should be considering.

Cultivated Ignorance (Part 2)

Last week we discussed the idea of "cultivated ignorance"- purposely ignoring distractions or annoyances that we find ourselves in at the race track. This week, I shar...

Cultivated Ignorance (Part 1)

What if we could ignore everything upsetting or distracting in the race car? To have that trash-talking opponent's words go in one ear and out the other? These annoyan...

Starting Line Procedure

An age old problem: your car "rocks" forward/backward when you set the transbrake. Should you wire-in a Line Lock to fix this issue? In this episode, I share my though...

Marathon Events

Ever prepare for a Marathon? How about a Marathon race? Yea, the 4+ day mega races, with high stakes. Whether it's a Million dollar bracket race, the US Nationals, or ...

Boldly optimistic

Is the choice to be optimistic as black and white as I tend to make it out to be? In this episode, I share some perspective that will help you understand the value in ...

Judging track conditions

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