Speed Secrets: The Rodney Dangerfield of Braking Techniques

Longer, lighter braking might make you faster.

There seems to be a theme in what I’ve been writing lately: braking. I suppose there’s no reason to put the brakes on it (sorry), so here we go with more.

I was at Sebring a few years ago coaching two highly-paid, extremely talented and fast pro race drivers who were testing for an upcoming IMSA race in a GT car. Let’s call them Mario and Luigi, since th…