Looking to get into karting from HPDE as a learning tool. Looking for wisdom!

Killer first post! Welcome.

When I talk to people looking to use karting as a tool to improve their car performance, my recommendation is to not get too tied up on specific driving techniques.

Rather use it as a tool to REALLY hone the your high level process of going faster.

  • Looking ahead/focus/visualization
  • Observation of how the vehicle responds to setup changes.
  • Trying lots of different things in handling and driving. *Developing a methodical approach to making incremental improvements.
  • Timing yourself not just by fastest lap, but by fastest set of eight laps (for example)

Basically practice everything from Ross Bentley’s inner speed secrets:

https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Speed-Secrets-Strategies-Performance/dp/0760308349

@DavinRS and I talked with Ross about this in a podcast too. Here’s a link if you haven’t heard the episode already:

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