Hello again,
It's been too long. To be honest, I haven't been much of a blogger, but that's about to change.
First off, I have been living in Spain for almost the last year and a half, and it's going well. I've made some good friends, and had some great experiences. Not the least of which is getting some seat time in a kart again, with team Arakart, a regional distributor for the Alonso kart here in Spain. I'm going to try and get a budget together this year for doing some club races in Aragon, so that it can keep fresh behind the wheel. Practicing is good, but racing is great! It is five times better than just putting some laps in. As stated before in a previous post, the adventure that you consumed in whilst racing cannot, in my experience as of yet on this planet, be replicated. So, it is a sensation definitely worth working for.
Another thing is I have earned a position as a high-performance driving instructor here in Madrid with the Escuela Española de Pilotos, which translates to, the Spanish School of Racing Drivers. It is the first, 'official' job I've had as a driving instructor, and it feels great. The work is few and far between, but at least I will occasionally get to look forward to being at the track again, seeing, hearing and smelling the cars go fast. It is a real privilege at the same time though to be able to put this on my driving resume, and in fact a normal resume, since the work is done in Spanish, it should add some more credibility to my intermediate level of Spanish.
Well, I'll promise to start posting more, and I'll also have some links to videos I've made of my latest driving adventures. Stay right there!
-QPRacer
Friday, February 17, 2012
Monday, April 19, 2010
Your most valued driving skill you posses
There are many, many different aspects to driving and racing. What about your own driving are you fond of? Car control, ability to sense the present grip/traction levels, judging how to get through traffic or the next driver ahead of you?
Perhaps you're good at threshold braking or putting power down, driving the perfect line, adapting to a misbehaving race-car or many other things.
I'll say I am good at driving to just beyond the limit of adhesion of the tires, but not normally very well under the limit. I am almost always driving with major slip angle. Whether this is always fast or not is another question. I am not so good at running the perfect line, and my vision does get caught being too close to the front of the car. I feel I am good at knowing when to give up speed in a corner for getting a crucial run down a straightaway to pass someone who could otherwise hold me up for a great deal longer. I am not very consistent on long runs.
Perhaps you're good at threshold braking or putting power down, driving the perfect line, adapting to a misbehaving race-car or many other things.
I'll say I am good at driving to just beyond the limit of adhesion of the tires, but not normally very well under the limit. I am almost always driving with major slip angle. Whether this is always fast or not is another question. I am not so good at running the perfect line, and my vision does get caught being too close to the front of the car. I feel I am good at knowing when to give up speed in a corner for getting a crucial run down a straightaway to pass someone who could otherwise hold me up for a great deal longer. I am not very consistent on long runs.
What makes driving a pleasure?
As per the title, what to you makes driving at the limit (your limit) a pleasure?
Is it the speed, the focus needed, the intimate partnership with the machine you are controlling, the will to improve yourself, the all-consuming trance like state that racing wheel to wheel puts you in?
Could it be something else???
For me, dancing with the car and trying to squeeze every last bit of speed out of the car is what draws me to this sport. The feeling the car gives you is also an attraction, as are the positive g-forces which create a high in you. Racing wheel-to-wheel gives me the sense of being on a journey, to conquer who may lie in front of me on the road, and to take what I can get in the most primitive, animalistic way.
Is it the speed, the focus needed, the intimate partnership with the machine you are controlling, the will to improve yourself, the all-consuming trance like state that racing wheel to wheel puts you in?
Could it be something else???
For me, dancing with the car and trying to squeeze every last bit of speed out of the car is what draws me to this sport. The feeling the car gives you is also an attraction, as are the positive g-forces which create a high in you. Racing wheel-to-wheel gives me the sense of being on a journey, to conquer who may lie in front of me on the road, and to take what I can get in the most primitive, animalistic way.
Welcome Post!
The pioneering post of the Be Racing blog!
This Be Racing blog is about me presenting topics of discussion for people to openly debate or share their own experiences about driving and racing on. Some posts will be self-aggrandizing (hey, any race-car driver who doesn't show an interest in themselves is a liar!) to act as entertaining dialogue and to add content to this blog.
Other posts will be addressing the art of driving and the conscious and sub-conscious art of race-craft. Can the latter topic even be articulated into words? We'll see, and hopefully this blog can be blessed with the presence of a response by a real pro driver.
Now, for the racing discussion!
This Be Racing blog is about me presenting topics of discussion for people to openly debate or share their own experiences about driving and racing on. Some posts will be self-aggrandizing (hey, any race-car driver who doesn't show an interest in themselves is a liar!) to act as entertaining dialogue and to add content to this blog.
Other posts will be addressing the art of driving and the conscious and sub-conscious art of race-craft. Can the latter topic even be articulated into words? We'll see, and hopefully this blog can be blessed with the presence of a response by a real pro driver.
Now, for the racing discussion!
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