Speed Secrets Quick Tip: Why Smooth is Fast

Features, Racing I By Winding Road Staff I October 13, 2014
Ross has always talked about how smoothness leads to faster speeds, and in this Speed Secrets Quick Tip, he explains why. This applies to performance drivers, race drivers, club racers, HPDE students, track day drivers, and HPDE instructors at all levels:
 

 
Check out Speed Secrets for more performance & race driving tips. Also be sure to take a look at Ross’s book, Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Complete Guide to High-Performance and Race Driving
 

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