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The Perfect Corner: A Driver's Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Their Own Optimal Line Through the Physics of Racing
We will take you through an intuitive and fun lesson in the physics of racing and then we'll apply it as you learn to optimize your driving technique.
We will look at real-world racetracks and provide an exact procedure to find the ideal approach all from the driver's eye point of view.
Regardless of your current level of driving experience, you can apply these methods today and remove any doubt about what you should be doing on track for good.
We will look at real-world racetracks and provide an exact procedure to find the ideal approach all from the driver's eye point of view.
Regardless of your current level of driving experience, you can apply these methods today and remove any doubt about what you should be doing on track for good.
108 pages, Paperback
Published March 18, 2016
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Paradigm Shift Driver Development
4 books2 followersWelcome to the next generation of racecar driver education. Many don’t realize, but for a given car, setup, and conditions there is in fact a singular optimum way to navigate a racetrack in the minimum time possible. A set of fundamental physics based rules exist that can guide you in your never-ending pursuit of speed.
While a driver will never be able to achieve a truly perfect lap in reality, there is one place an actual perfect lap can exist. It can exist in the mind and provide a goal a driver can always strive to reach. That is what we teach in our program. A set of rules that take a physics-based approach to finding an optimal solution on track and distilling it into an intuitive way of driving that racers at any level can begin to apply.
You will no longer have to try to mimic the laps of faster drivers. Instead, you will be able to watch their laps and identify where they are losing time. You will have a solid goal to focus on as you reach ever closer toward perfection.
While a driver will never be able to achieve a truly perfect lap in reality, there is one place an actual perfect lap can exist. It can exist in the mind and provide a goal a driver can always strive to reach. That is what we teach in our program. A set of rules that take a physics-based approach to finding an optimal solution on track and distilling it into an intuitive way of driving that racers at any level can begin to apply.
You will no longer have to try to mimic the laps of faster drivers. Instead, you will be able to watch their laps and identify where they are losing time. You will have a solid goal to focus on as you reach ever closer toward perfection.
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May 10, 2016
The books in this series are, by far, the best books on high-performance driving I've ever read.
The lead author is an accomplished driver, and his understanding of the physics of driving goes well beyond what you'll find in other books. I myself have substantial track experience, with good results as an instructor and advanced coach, and I'm also an engineer with a good physics background, and yet I've learned A LOT from these books.
Aspects of driving which may have been vague and murky previously can become very clear after you read these books, but be advised that this isn't light reading. You'll need to put your thinking cap on and really concentrate, though the effort will be worth it if you're a serious student of driving or a racer who's motivated to win.
This first book in the series presents the basic concepts, and explains how they apply to various types of corners. The second book builds on this first one and takes things to a higher level, in the process answering many of the questions this first book may have raised for you. I could elaborate further, but you really need to read these books yourself to appreciate what they have to offer.
Simply put, I can't recommend these books more highly!
The lead author is an accomplished driver, and his understanding of the physics of driving goes well beyond what you'll find in other books. I myself have substantial track experience, with good results as an instructor and advanced coach, and I'm also an engineer with a good physics background, and yet I've learned A LOT from these books.
Aspects of driving which may have been vague and murky previously can become very clear after you read these books, but be advised that this isn't light reading. You'll need to put your thinking cap on and really concentrate, though the effort will be worth it if you're a serious student of driving or a racer who's motivated to win.
This first book in the series presents the basic concepts, and explains how they apply to various types of corners. The second book builds on this first one and takes things to a higher level, in the process answering many of the questions this first book may have raised for you. I could elaborate further, but you really need to read these books yourself to appreciate what they have to offer.
Simply put, I can't recommend these books more highly!
December 28, 2017
Great read for beginners and expert drivers alike!
No matter what your driving skill level or expertise, this is a worthwhile read. My introducing easy to understand line theory, Its renewed my love for the pursuit of lower lap times as I’ve become a student again! Enjoy!
No matter what your driving skill level or expertise, this is a worthwhile read. My introducing easy to understand line theory, Its renewed my love for the pursuit of lower lap times as I’ve become a student again! Enjoy!
June 25, 2025
I've had this on my shelf for a while and kept skipping over it when looking for a new book. I'm never sure how much something like this can help driving, but honestly after reading it I think it introduced some concepts in a new way that might help me get faster. We'll see if I can put it to work, but if I don't, I don't think it is the author's fault. 🙂
The book talks about the "physics of racing" but for anyone worried there aren't equations littering the pages or anything. The book does talk about basic fundamentals that you really can't argue with, and that's the direction they are going when they talk about physics.
The book is applicable to pretty much any form of racing. The examples they give are usually on a track, but the concepts should apply pretty much universally. The examples they give are clear and very short, with enough diagrams to help make sense of things.
They do talk about spiral entries, which I know I've seen elsewhere (Beyond Seat Time, IIRC) but the way they are described here seemed simpler to me than some other things I've seen in the past.
Overall, a very quick and simple read that I think introduces the concepts well. As always, the tough part will be applying them.
The book talks about the "physics of racing" but for anyone worried there aren't equations littering the pages or anything. The book does talk about basic fundamentals that you really can't argue with, and that's the direction they are going when they talk about physics.
The book is applicable to pretty much any form of racing. The examples they give are usually on a track, but the concepts should apply pretty much universally. The examples they give are clear and very short, with enough diagrams to help make sense of things.
They do talk about spiral entries, which I know I've seen elsewhere (Beyond Seat Time, IIRC) but the way they are described here seemed simpler to me than some other things I've seen in the past.
Overall, a very quick and simple read that I think introduces the concepts well. As always, the tough part will be applying them.
January 5, 2019
Wonderful, well explained, and helped a huge lot.
February 10, 2016
Graphs + racing = smiles
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