Places to play - UK Track
Clubs:
Things to study - Books:
- How To Make Your Car Handle - Fred Puhn, ISBN
0-912656-46-8
Car suspension
principles and tuning - American and a bit dated, but an excellent read.
- Going Faster; Mastering the Art of Race Driving -
Carl Lopez, ISBN 0-837-602279
Car control and driving techniques for the thinking driver.
- Prepare to Win and other Carroll Smith books
The definitive texts on race car
preparation, engineering, design etc. So far I've read:
Prepare To Win, ISBN 0-850-458048
Tune To
Win, ISBN 0-850-458080
Engineer To Win, ISBN
0-879-381868
Drive To Win, ISBN, 0-965-160009
..which just leaves me with
Design To Win, (out yet?) and the
Nuts, Bolts &
Fasteners Handbook, ISBN 0-879-384069 to go
- The Soft Science of Road Racing Motorcycles - Keith Code, ISBN 0-965-04503X
This book deals with how to get the most out of your riding by understanding
how to apply your mind to the right thing at the right time. Much of what
he says is relevant to car drivers too.
Other Web Sites:
- Vivian Meazza's site - Track day veteran and Herts.
Club Lotus member.
Good info. for novice track day
drivers and those considering upgrading their Elise.
http://website.lineone.net/~vivian.meazza/
- Golden Gate Lotus Club
US
(San Francisco) based Lotus Club, sponsors of Lotus Cars E-Mail list
Good technical information on most Lotuses except the
Elise, as they don't have them.
http://www.gglotus.org/
- Rob Collingridge's Elise Pages
Rob has amassed a huge amount of Elise related info - including specifications
for all the different versions, owners tips and lists of suppliers. The site
also has up to date material on the new Elise S2. I usually jump straight in at the
"What's New" page.
http://www.elises.co.uk/new.html
- Driving Development
Don Palmer offers a range of driving courses of interest to
the track driver, and some others besides.
http://www.drivingdevelopment.co.uk/
- SPEED CRAFT: Driving and Your Brain
Article by Warren Chamberlain on the relationship between the action of driving
and the process of the brain. Gives an interesting perspective.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~karting/ksmag/1997/brain.htm
Feb 2001 - This link is now broken, and I got no response from the author's email
so I've reproduced the article here. Mr Chamberlain, if you object please contact me.
Driving and your brain.
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