In the adrenaline-soaked world of motorsports, what driver hasn’t wondered if he or she could cut it in the pro ranks? For 35-year-old Tyler Kicera, that was always in his thoughts. Reality, however, was a demanding day job and a two-year-old at home (Kicera and wife Stephanie had their first...

Racers routinely agonize over lost time, with the deficit in question routinely measured in divisions of a second. But what if the time lost was considerably longer than a tenth here or a second there? For brothers Chris Caruso and Jeff Filipkowski, this is the case, with their lost time...

High-performance driving and racing are fantastic ideas; just don’t drive yourself crazy in the process.In a recent article, I focused on subconscious notions that adversely affect a driver’s performance, but barely scratched the surface of a problem so deeply rooted in the sport that everyone thinks it’s normal. As a...

It gets very quiet on the grid. Your body may be strapped in the racecar ready to race, but your brain may be screaming “jail break!” After all, following the rush to get the racecar prepped, you now find yourself on grid, alone with your thoughts. The question is: Are...