Speed Secrets: Finding the Limit at Mid-Ohio

On the job training in a Miata.

Rolling out of pitlane at Mid-Ohio, lining up behind the pace car and thirty or so other cars in front of me, I’m warming the brakes and tires, preparing for the race start going green the second time by, getting used to the position of the pedals and steering wheel, noticing what I can see in the mirrors, checking the dash, memorizing the buttons on th…