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How WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Helped Redefine U.S. Sports Car Racing​

Written By:  BLAKE Z. RONG From the top of the Corkscrew at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, you can see the ocean. At the pinnacle of the most famous corner in American motor sport, 900 feet above sea level, lies the waters of Monterey Bay, and just before you reach the top of Turn 8, you…
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BOSS GP – Zolder Belgium

ABRS Grad Phil Stratford takes overall win in the highly competitive European Boss F1 Series, held at Zolder Belgium this past weekend. Driving a 1997 Benetton B197, Phil qualified 2nd with a time of 1:19.310, just behind the 2004 Jaguar R5 driven by Klaas Zwart of Holland. Phil was running behind Zwart at the beginning,…
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Learning How to Learn to Improve!

I face a common scenario when coaching: a driver makes some progress in driving a track faster and feels that they’ve gone as fast as they can, but still wants to go half a second faster. I suggest to that driver that they go back to the hotel, think about the progress they made that…
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ABRS Grad Steven Aghakani Wins First Race in Lamborghini Huracán

Monrovia, California (Tuesday, July 27, 2017) – 14-year-old Steven Aghakani won for the first time in a Lamborghini Huracán on Sunday at Buttonwillow while participating in the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) SoCal Region. The California native will also be attending this upcoming weekend’s LSTNA event at Watkins Glen International to conduct meetings regarding his future…
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Strength and Conditioning Primer: a Lesson from Niki Lauda on the Necessity of Both Will and Skill

Is there any amount of money that could convince you to get behind the wheel of a 200-mile-per-hour, bomb-on-wheels racecar for an entire season– 16 races? OK, I’ll assume you’re humoring me, and named a price. Here’s the catch, you’ll have a 10-percent chance of dying that season. This was the dangerous and exhilarating world…
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The Well-Tuned Racer: a Quick Introduction to Strength and Conditioning for Racing Drivers

If you’re reading this, you must be a lighting quick driver, and you just finished a fast lap testing, qualifying, or racing. (If you’re not, I give you permission to pretend you are for the duration of this short introduction.). So you have the speed, talent, and determination. But are you in great physical condition…
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