How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Driving Analytics Several months ago, I was talking to my nephew and explaining what I do—analyzing data and video to coach drivers and determine setup changes. His response was: “That sounds like something Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help with.” That got me thinking: can I really use AI to help me […]
From the Driver’s Seat to France’s Streets One of the cool parts of being a Performance Engineer and Driver Coach is that I get to travel to some amazing places I might not have otherwise visited. This time, I was invited to support Robert Noaker Racing for the inaugural Mustang Challenge race at Le Mans, […]
Our 10 Year Milestone, One Lap At A Time Starting a business is never easy, and the saying goes that most small companies don’t last three years. Honestly, I thought I might be part of that statistic in 2016. Work was scarce, and I even tried running a franchise in another industry. That venture ultimately […]
Best Practices When Driving a Race Car I do quite a bit of driver coaching whether that is in real life or on a simulator and I find myself saying a lot of the same things to different clients. That’s because there is a lot to pay attention to when driving a race car at […]
How to Find the Right Driving Line Probably the most fundamental aspect of driving a car on the track is to make sure that you are driving the “line”. The better you are at driving the line the faster you will go, right? It sounds simple enough but how come this is something that seems […]
Driver Data: How Looking at it Differently can be Helpful Most of the time when I see people analyzing their data, they are looking at Time Distance Graph with all the normal squiggly lines – RPM, Speed, Steering, Throttle, Brake, and Gear. Exhibit 1 shows what I’m referring to here. Exhibit 1This type of data […]
An Example of a Driver Using Corner Radius Data A few weeks ago I was coaching one of my clients in his Spec Miata at the NASA National Championships at UMC and an opportunity presented itself to study corner radius data. This is due to the fact that my customer (Driver A) had some data […]
Using a GPS Point In Your Data In my last article I explained how to identify a specific GPS Point in your data. In this article, I’m going to explain how to use a GPS Point. I’m using AIM RS3 Analysis but it is possible to do it in any data software that allows you […]
How to Identify a GPS Point in Your Data Every once in a while, the method of how to do something that you have been trying to do forever, suddenly drops in your lap. This was the case for me in regard to identifying a specific GPS point in data. I recently learned of a […]
Why Are You Lifting? Unless you are going from the throttle pedal to the brake pedal, or instead of braking for a fast corner you are doing a lift off of the throttle pedal in order to transfer weight to the front tires, lifting is probably a red flag. There is always a reason why […]
