A few considerations:
Position 3-16@ Dover separated by:
.10sec
Avg human reaction time:+\- .25sec
Time to blink your eye: .30sec
Car temp: +/- 115 degrees.
Avg heart rate: +\- 85% of MAX for 3 hours. (150-175bpm)
Fluid loss: +/- 6% of body weight
No timeouts. No subs.
5 regrets of an ex pro racer:
1. Half assing weekly prep
2. Not pushing to max every lap in a race car
3. Finding things to blame other than myself
4. Believing the lie that I’m limited by “natural ability”
5. Not surrounding myself with people who challenged me
“If you want to be good at this. You’ve got to live it. Eat it, sleep it, drink it, dream it”
-Jason Leffler (advice to me as a 13 year old aspiring racer)
Words that shaped my perspective on so many things.
The most impressive part of everything that just happened was
@LewisHamilton
post race interview. Zero focus on the things he couldn’t control in a challenging moment to have a microphone in front of you. That’s how a 7 time WC interview goes.
@F1
One year ago this week I was on the phone with KL. He’d just finished practice at Martinsville and didn’t feel great about what he had. He was on his way home to try to run some iracing and test some techniques we were seeing in the data.
This is such a great example for young racers. I fell prey to the victim “our sport is broken” mindset when I was driving. It’s incorrect. We all get an opportunity at some point in time. Focus, be positive, put in the work, and bet on yourself. Congrats, Matt!
Result aside, execution for
@RossChastain
was nearly flawless today. It’s one thing to say “if I only had a shot”. It’s another thing to focus and deliver your best performance when the pressure is on. Wins are a product of the latter!
For those saying it’s too much wear- yes because for 10 years everyone has blasted into the tire without concern. Watch them adapt as this race goes on- it will become very tactical on leveraging pace vs duration of run.
It’s been 2 years since I have raced a car. If you told me earlier in life that I would find something I’m more passionate about than driving I wouldn’t have believed it. Optimizing humans is what I was made to do. Specifically humans who like speed ✅
Full focus and talking restart strategy with
@Alex_Bowman
Taking it all in differently than I did 10 years ago and making sure I enjoy every moment. It was pretty special to be out there last night.
What a night! If I trained my mind and body like I did for these races when I was an actual race car driver 10 years ago- it would have been pretty interesting. It was great to trial the processes that I preach daily 💪🏼
Seeing KL win today is probably one of the coolest wins that I’ve had a small piece in. Watching one of the greats push himself for years, and finally get the reward that he’s earned- pretty sweet. Congrats
@KyleLarsonRacin
!!!
NASCAR Cup Series drivers have become the most adaptable and skilled drivers in the world. Diversity of the schedule, the level of race craft, aero, skill sets required to perform at 6+ different style venues + development systems is like no other form of Motorsport in the world.
Potential/talent is great. What we do with it is what matters. I’ll take Grit over Talent any day as Grit will determine the ceiling of an athlete- not talent. Talent sets the floor. Consistency and Focus set the ceiling.
After 2 years with
@RossChastain
@CGRnascar
@TeamChevy
there is one thing that is absolutely certain. He earned this. Commitment, resilience, and passion are the words that come to mind when I think about him. Well deserved.
New teammates, Kimi and
@Daniel_SuarezG
working together in the
@TeamChevy
simulator.
Getting that all important seat time leading up to next week’s race
@WGI
!
There is nothing better than waking up to 5am texts from
@RossChastain
telling me he’s in the gym early after he’s just raced 400 miles the night before.
Only good things can come from this.
Many race car drivers start the season wondering what their teams have done to improve their race cars.
My question to you is this. What have you done to improve your process and abilities as an athlete?
Winners do things that losers don’t want to do. They pay a price others are not willing to. There is no such thing as balance when you want to be the best at something. Obsessive pursuit of perfection is all there is.
When I decided to stop racing it was because my passion for human optimization exceeded my desire to drive. Behavioral science is a huge component to what separates athletes at the top. Thanks to tools like Tobii we now understand more than ever about racers.
Since 2017 I’ve watched him push himself to learn at a track that he hasn’t felt comfortable at (one of few). The most notable part of that, is it has remained the track that he’s put the most work into.
Conditions for
@CLTMotorSpdwy
are harsh today. 120+ degree car temps will take their toll physically and mentally on the field. Drivers will lose between ~9-11% (gross) of their body weight in fluids and if we do a good job, we will keep the net loss to ~2%
#nascar
Two things I love about
@TonyStewart
comments today.
1. Rarely are drivers developed. We’ve always lined them up and pushed them into the deep end. Last one swimming is “developed”.
2. You don’t know how good someone’s going to be in the long haul until they have crashed HARD.
You can’t fix engines or manufacture tires, but you’re a hell of a race car driver. Keep putting yourself into position to win week after week
@JHNemechek
. Proud of you!
We also received over 200k in crowdfunding to sponsor our car for several races. Fun fact- if you had 100$ in Dogecoin in 2014 you would be sitting on over 30k right now.
The moment your focus shifts from identifying areas of self improvement - to identifying areas where everyone around you is doing something wrong, is the moment things will start to unravel.
This is an extremely thoughtful and careful decision that we work into a bigger plan, prepare for, monitor, and recover from. Nobody should read this and stop eating to improve performance.
“Maybe we just run well if I don’t eat on Monday or Tuesday,”
@AlexBowman88
said.
Bowman fasted before California won. Fasted before Darlington, brought it home 2nd. Gives much credit to
@Josh_Wise
The fact that this happened is sickening. There is no room for this in our world. I’m proud that NASCAR has, & continues to work to eradicate anything that represents hate and racism from the sport & I hope an example is made when this individual is found.
#IStandWithBubba
3 days back at the dirt tracks with
@KyleLarsonRacin
&
@Paul_Silva57
this week. Really fun watching those two work together. Lot of great racing. It’s no wonder some of the best drivers we see come from sprint cars.
➡️Speed
➡️Danger
➡️Urgency
➡️Adaptability
I just lost brain cells reading and listening to all the takes on this. All of the data for where every driver launches for the past 7 years that we track must be flawed. I need to hire more of these experts.
Once you’re within 6 inches of someone’s LR, “contact” is irrelevant. Everyone knows what their trying to accomplish when they get there, and the driver ahead either hangs on or does not. Not a margin to save the car at Texas.
3 life lessons I learned from racing cars for 25 years:
1. Look where you want to go.
2. Maximize your own vehicles potential, and don’t get caught in other people’s race.
3. Grip is always changing and you need to adjust your inputs to match potential outputs.
Peak reaction and processing around age 19, peak short term memory around age 25. As drivers and teams optimize preparation and development for athletes, we will see this trend continue. Drivers will have to work harder to maintain skills as younger drivers develop more rapidly.
Is this the youngest group of drivers in
#Nascar
history?. When was the last time the oldest driver was 42 years old?. Rusty and Dale Sr we’re still racing at 50 years old
The last three road courses in the
@NASCAR
Cup Series...
@COTA
: Ross Chastain's first win.
@RaceSonoma
: Daniel Suarez's first win.
@roadamerica
: ???
Tyler Reddick sits in second with less than 25 laps remaining.
Watching Shaun White focus, and mentally execute that run prior to beginning was something special. Pure focus and targeted mental energy.
#Olympics2018