Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Speed Secrets

[Dennis Liu (BigHeadDennis]

Larry B wrote:

>My track instructor at Pocono this past weekend mentioned, approvingly,
"Speed Secrets" by Bentley.  I believe he has written several with
variations of that title, but I think the instructor was referring to the
first one.  Any opinions on the value of that one -- or any other book for
"green" drivers?

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If you're looking for tips, lessons and techniques for the novice
track-event student, I'd recommend "Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race
Driving" by Carl Lopex.  This is the manual for the Skip Barber driving
school.  Bob Bondurant has also written a good book - "Bob Bondurant on High
Performance Driving".  Specifically to Porsche, consider Vic Elford's
"Porsche High-Performance Driving Handbook".  Also consider Carroll Smith -
noted race engineer guru.  "Race to Win" is on driving technique, while
"Engineer to win" and "Tune to win" are more technical.  

For downloadable stuff, check out:

http://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/ (26 part, Physics of Racing series -
great, but very scientific)

http://www.redlinerennsport.homestead.com/TheGLEN1.html (basic stuff you may
already know; lots of good stuff on this site, surf around)

Candidly, I had not heard of Ross Bentley before.  Doesn't mean that it's
bad, by any means, though.  

How was Pocono?!?


Vty,

--Dennis