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Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for April 4, 2022-The Can-Do Edition

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for April 4, 2022-The Can-Do Edition

This week’s Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques is full of great advice and techniques on improving your racecraft on the track as well as your driver development plans as you pursue your motorsport goals. For Racecraft I have everything from whether karting or sim racing is the best training ground for racing, … Read more

The Benefits of Sim Racing

The Benefits of Sim Racing

Note from the Publisher: I would like to welcome Davin Sturdivant to the Motorsport Prospects family. Davin is a competitive sim racer, based out of the Pacific Northwest. Davin’s enthusiasm for performance driving and motorsports is highly engaging, encouraging people to become involved with the sport through his impassioned efforts. With an additional background in sim … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for March 14, 2022

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for March 14, 2022

This week in Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques I have some great resources that you can apply to your development as a race driver. From tips by the author of Optimum Drive to a course on data analysis there is plenty here for you to sink your teeth into. I also include … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for March 7, 2022

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for March 7, 2022

This week in Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques I have a number of great resources for you. They cover everything from racecraft tips from 18 pros, a guide to COTA’s Turn 1, racing in the rain, important career advice for young drivers, Fernando Alonso’s new young driver management company and more. Racecraft … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for February 28, 2022-Superstars, Formula Woman and More

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for February 28, 2022

This week on Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques I have a number of racecraft-related tips that you can apply on the track and a number of driver development-related program news and application information for you. I cover everything from BRDC superstars to the Formula Woman program, the future of Indy Lights and … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for February 7, 2022 – Sim Rigs for Race Prep, Vintage Racing Tips and More

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for February 7, 2022

This week in Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques I have a lot of ground to cover. From using a sim rig to prep for a real race, friendly advice for vintage racers, aerodynamics, driver development news and more, there is enough here for any racer. I also add some Driver Snapshots which … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 31, 2022 – Overcoming Disabilities and More

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 31, 2022

I should call this week’s edition of Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques Motorsport Prospects TV as it contains some informative and inspirational video as you work to develop your racecraft. This week I go from drafting an MX-5 Cup car on the banks of Daytona International Speedway to how a number of … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 24, 2022 – Reference Points, Driver Inspiration and More

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 24, 2022

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques is my weekly survey of various tips, techniques and news related to developing your racecraft and developing as a race driver. It is the on-track component of what you need to develop as a race driver and expands on my previous Weekly Debrief. The second component is … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 17, 2022

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 17, 2022

There is a lot of Racecraft and Driver Development News, Tips and Techniques this week but before I get into all that I wanted to start off with a note about perseverance. Every team manager and driver coach I have spoken to has stressed the absolute need for perseverance if you are to succeed in … Read more

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 10, 2022

Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques for January 10, 2022

Welcome to 2022 and Happy New Year and the first issue of the weekly Racecraft & Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques. For this year I have decided to change things up a bit on the Motorsport Prospects Blog in that, instead of a Weekly Debrief published each Monday, I am going to break down … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for December 20, 2021 – What a Year It Has Been!

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for December 20, 2021 - What a Year It Has Been!

As this is the last Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for 2021 and with the racing season pretty much over until January, you would think that there would not be much news and resources to share. How wrong you would be! This week’s Debrief covers what it is like attending a performance driving school, tips from … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for December 13, 2021 New Team Canada Scholarship Shootout and More

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for December 13, 2021 New Team Canada Scholarship Shootout and More

The Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief is here and, even though it is the off-season, racing never sleeps. This week I look at the new Team Canada Scholarship Shootout, techniques to market your team online, an available drive in European Super Trofeo, a new Subaru touring car now available and more. News racers can use! Driver … Read more

Team Canada Scholarship and Canadian Racer James Hinchcliffe Announce the Inaugural 2022 Team Canada Shootout

Team Canada Scholarship and Canadian Racer James Hinchcliffe Announce the Inaugural 2022 Team Canada Shootout

PRESS RELEASE Team Canada Scholarship and Canadian Racer James Hinchcliffe Announce the Inaugural 2022 Team Canada Shootout (Toronto, December 10, 2021) Team Canada Scholarship is excited to announce the launch of a new era in Canadian Motorsport with our new 2022 Team Canada Scholarship Shootout. Set to take place in late summer 2022, the Team … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for December 6, 2021 – Lemons of Love Giveaway, Self-Coaching and More

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for December 6, 2021 - Self-Coaching and More

Race driver development is what Motorsport Prospects is all about and the Weekly Debrief is the perfect symbol of that. Every week I comb the internet and curate the best resources, tips and tools that will help make you a better race driver both on and off the track. The goal is truly to be … Read more

The Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 29, 2021 – The Race Driver as Entrepreneur and More

The Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 29, 2021 - The Race Driver as Entrepreneur and More

This week on the Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief I feature actionable things that you can do to help with your social media marketing in the off-season, approaching your sponsorship search as an entrepreneur, a new driver development program and series in the UK, testing opportunities for the new GB4 car and more. Driver Development News, … Read more

The Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 22, 2021 – Team Canada Scholarship News and More

The Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 22, 2021

The week on the Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief I have news from Canada with the Team Canada Scholarship program, from Australia with a new driver development program, the UK with developments in British F4, a new Porsche GT4 race car, being a racing entrepreneur and more. So let’s dig in! Driver Development News, Tips & … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 15, 2021 – News from Around the World of Motorsport and More

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 15, 2021

The Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief this week covers everything from sprint cars to Formula 4, GT3 to one-makes and as usual, more news that race drivers can use. And just like Formula 1 which will be featuring brand new cars in 2022, Motorsport Prospects will be undergoing a change for 2022 so that it will … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 19, 2021 – Lessons Learned by a Pro Racer and More

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 19, 2021 - Lessons Learned by a Pro Racer and More

In this week’s Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief I bring you news of new driver development programs, what you can learn from a pro driver, how the growth of women participating in the highest levels of motorsport is key to its growth, tips for producing video content on Instagram, green tech company research tools for sponsorship … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 1, 2021 – Lessons from Stirling Moss and More

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for November 1, 2021 - Lessons from Stirling Moss and More

This week on the Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief I look both to the past and to the future as I comb the motorsport world to bring you news racers can use. From how to get into racing in your 20s, 30s and beyond, to racecraft tips from Sir Stirling Moss, to using trade shows to … Read more

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for October 25, 2021 – Building a Business Case for Motorsport Sponsorship and more.

Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief for October 25, 2021

This week the Motorsport Prospects Weekly Debrief offers some great advice on improving your racecraft through data, building a case for motorsport sponsorship, why F1600 is a great development series, testing and drive opportunities and more. It really is news racers can use! Driver Development News, Tips & Techniques Today (October 25, 2021) kicks off … Read more