SonnyMod Driver Coaching

Practice makes perfect. Driver change during NASA WERC qualifying. Always finding improvements to make pit stops faster.

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Team Palomar Racing getting the E2 win. NASA WERC Round 4 at ACS 4-hour. What a great team!

The best parts about endurance racing are working in a team and enjoying comradery and challenges together.

It feels good to be back in NASA WERC E2 class with Palomar Racing. Just went for a warmup and part of quali in the #25. Solid, well-sorted racecar.

4-hour race at 3pm. Looking forward to it.

Understanding relationship between your fundamental driver skills and correlating to adjustments needed to yourself to fit the needs of the machine you drive is the way to go fast.

"Listen to what the car wants, then drive it the way it wants you to drive."

This video of me driving 949 Racing's Blub (Scion FRS) to a new N/A 86 chassis record at Chuckwalla in suboptimal conditions is a result of understanding the relationship.

TRD Series - Touring Class - 1:56.898 (5/2/2021) Hot day, driving 9/10th to preserve car while still going fast. Shooting for a new PB and 86 naturally-aspirated power record in Blub at Chuckwalla, the #949...

Data/video coaching for Arnold (Subaru STi) and Joe (BMW M3 CS) on Friday 3/5 at WSIR. New PR lap for Arnold and Joe gained confidence back in attacking the corners after data/demo laps in the M3.

Both listened well for feedback and suggestions on their driving technique, as well as understanding line choices, practicing threshold braking, and a short intro about car setup.

Bonus: I got to demo drive Eric's new red GT4 before getting to coach him later this year.

Driver coaching in the virtual world translates well to the real world.

Driver coaching in the virtual world translates well to the real world.

Driving coach and chief chief work. All in a day's work for SuperSpec Cup racers.

At Willow Springs today, data/video coaching 3 drivers from the SuperSpec Cup racing series. New setup for this year. Two screens!

Truer words cannot have been said. This is one of many important concepts that I teach drivers to be faster on the racetrack:

"Listen to the car and drive it the way it needs to be driven fastest. Adjust yourself to the car, not the other way around."

My students, Eric and Jofa, had fun learning new techniques and finding their limits during their two days at Chuckwalla. They will also get much use from reviewing their own track data and footage collected from the weekend.

To top it off, a beautiful top-down drive home into the first sunset of November.

: Laying out your driver gear before each session allows you get ready for session more easily and quickly.