New best a couple weeks ago

Sometimes when staging my mind is going a million miles an hour and not focusing on task at hand. I am mentally reviewing my check list, making sure I got everything, then I start thinking about the last pass and how the car reacted, what can I do better. What do I need to focus on and the next thing you know the stupid lights are descending and o crap I gotta go! Totally space whatever it was I wanted to focus on and just react. Yep another opportunity to learn wasted I just drove the dumb car! Oh well, it is better than sitting at home! Focus and concentration are exceptionally hard to do if you actually focus and concentrate on doing it!



At this point of my life I’ve done it so many times it should come natural. Between getting older, being off a year, and Covid which I swear affected my concentration I had to come up with a plan. After I heat my tires, clean it out, and try my transbrake I have to get my mind on the tree. Then I tell myself hey you have done this 1000 times so just relax and when that dog-gone light flashes let go of the damn button, then floor the car. I was so pissed off at myself a few months ago on a Sunday the third day of a three day race. No time trials on Sunday so I go up there and cut a .043 light and lose. I loaded up and without buying back said if you can’t get your act together stay local and race for peanuts. I rethought my racing effort and came up with my plan and use it on my handheld practice tree. At Keystones three 20,000.00 races no buyback needed. At Quaker city’s three day race two weeks ago no buyback needed. The rounds I’ve lost have been great races or like a .0006 redlite