| What's the point of practicing from a racers | | | | accurately placing the car within a foot of your |
| perspective? I mean, why waste all this time and | | | | targets. With each lap you will develop confidence |
| car wear? Yeah, right! Practicing is one of the | | | | of the location of these targets and a feeling of |
| core components to becoming a good driver. This | | | | how to place your car near them. You will begin |
| is the time where you get to discover how your | | | | to drive a tighter line with the eventual goal of |
| car, and your driving style adapt to a new track | | | | consistently hitting every target point on every |
| or layout. Take the first few laps slow, think of | | | | lap. The most important thing to take away from |
| your car going from corner to corner hitting your | | | | this sort of practicing is to commit to memory all |
| target spots. We will call them targets because it's | | | | of these targets so you can make judgments |
| a target that you will want to place the inside | | | | and alternative routes when there are pile ups, lap |
| front tire of your car on every lap. These targets | | | | traffic or corner marshals in the way.Your trying |
| are normally a few inches from the edge of the | | | | to get a feel for the line you want to take. |
| board at each corner. The distance out from the | | | | Get comfortable with the targets locations and |
| board where you aim to target is dependent on | | | | then you can start to build on your driving skills. |
| your skill level. Remember: the goal is to drive | | | | When you drive through a corner decide how well |
| such that your inside tire passes directly over all | | | | you took it in accordance with your target and |
| of these target points every lap. The more | | | | speed. Pay close attention to the sticky section of |
| confident you become of your targets location | | | | the track and then branch out. Focus on the ares |
| and the better you get at judging these targets, | | | | of the track that require the most attention. While |
| the more your lap times will drop. | | | | you are practicing, spend your time thinking about |
| Tip: Always remain on or outside your targets. If | | | | the two or three corners that you need the most |
| you find yourself going inside your target then | | | | help with and only worry about those corners until |
| two scenarios will have happened: 1. You are | | | | they feel comfortable. It's a good idea to |
| finding that you crash a lot, or 2. You may have | | | | constantly evaluate your performance in each |
| become a better racer and need to set your | | | | corner while you're racing, and with each lap try |
| standards higher (or targets closer to the board). | | | | to get closer to your target while carrying as |
| It is important to remain outside your target to | | | | much corner speed as possible. |
| ensure you are hitting your target well (not | | | | It is important to use your race heats and main |
| dodging in or mistakenly missing your target). | | | | to improve upon your target/speed strategy. Use |
| The best line to drive on entirely depends on | | | | these races, just like you do practices, as tools to |
| finding the best set of targets to hit on each | | | | help you become a better driver overall. Even |
| corner. During those first practice laps, don't even | | | | evaluate your lap times with the heat posts to |
| try to go fast but simply concentrate on | | | | see how consistent you where. |