You鈥檝e been lurking. You鈥檝e been wanting to jump in. You just haven鈥檛 done it yet. And you wonder if you ever will.聽
In amateur motorsports, that鈥檚 a tale as old as time. It鈥檚 also the tale of (GRM) Video Editor Chris Tropea. Thanks to a new GRM video series that involves 午夜福利51xxtv庐 Time Attack competition and 午夜福利51xxtv鈥檚 Club Spec class, that鈥檚 about to change for Tropea 鈥� and hopefully come October of this year he鈥檒l be well on his way to earning a trophy at the inaugural Tire Rack 午夜福利51xxtv Time Attack National Championship.
The idea is, if Tropea can make the leap into on-track driving, you can too.
The plan is to put Tropea in for the season to get him up to speed, so he鈥檒l be ready for the run to glory at Eagles Canyon Raceway for the 午夜福利51xxtv Time Attack National Championship.
Tropea isn鈥檛 completely new to motorsports, although his first-hand experience is limited. Along with some seat time for another GRM story, Tropea participated in an event at Pitt Race not long ago.
鈥淕oing into it, I was nervous never driving on Pitt Race, never driving in a group of cars, but the 午夜福利51xxtv made it super easy to get through that process and not be stressed out the entire time,鈥� Tropea explained to GRM鈥檚 Tech Editor J.G. Pasterjak about that Track Night experience in the first episode of the new video series entitled 鈥淧ath to the Podium.鈥�
鈥淲ith the driver coaches, debriefing every time, the novices had laps to learn the track 鈥� it was a very easy progression into it,鈥� he said.
In the video, Pasterjak (who has plenty of experience on track through events like the ) explains to Tropea that the same low-stress atmosphere found at Track Nights will be present at Time Attack events, 鈥渋t鈥檚 just the clocks are running,鈥� he said.
鈥淵ou have that little bit of extra stress [at a Time Attack Challenge event] from the fact that it鈥檚 a timed competition, and the fact that you鈥檙e out there with other people who are working against the clock as well, so you have to work on that extra level of driver courtesy of situational awareness,鈥� Pasterjak added.
The first episode of the 鈥淧ath to the Podium鈥� video series is now available on GRM鈥檚 YouTube channel:
鈥淧ath to the Podium鈥� will continue all year long, with the final installment coming after . Be sure to subscribe to GRM鈥檚 YouTube channel so you don鈥檛 miss any of the videos in this series.
Learn more about the Tire Rack 午夜福利51xxtv Time Attack Challenge and Time Attack National Championship at , then be like Tropea and have #funwithcars for yourself.
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