Race Prep: Kenton Koch's 10 Tips

It's critical to prep for the race weekend at least one week in advance. Asked about preparation leading up to a race weekend and during it, we turned to Mazda scholarship driver Kenton Koch...In the past year or so I have started to realize how important it is to ensure that I have everything prepared for the race weekend. You may think I am talking about ensuring suits are clean, helmet and gloves are packed, etc. Sure, you'd better do that, but the list goes into more detail than you may think.As a new race season approaches, I always think, "No way can next year be busier than last." But it always is. If it isn't, I suppose it is because you're not building on what you learned from during the previous season. Tasks get tougher to keep track of and eventually one often starts to forget about things because he or she is too worried about the other. That's where preparation comes into play. So, below I offer two keys to success during a race weekend - nutrition and planning. In a future article, I will discuss planning in order to execute value creation for your partners/sponsors during the race weekend.