Preparing for an ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv event is about more than getting your car ready. From driving to keeping the car ready for the next session or heat, there are a lot of things throughout the event keeping you from taking care of yourself. The most important of your needs are nutrition and hydration. A lack of either takes away your edge and may keep you from achieving your goals.

Kenton Koch runs through his 10 tips for preparing yourself for the weekend ahead in a recent Mazda Motorsports feature.

Kenton Koch is a Mazda Scholarship Driver currently competing in the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda Series. He claimed to the Championship in that series following up his Championship in the ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû51xxtv Pro Racing Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2014.

Photo credit: Steve Bernstien