Ross Bentley & Sam Smith: How to get Better at Driving

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Ross Bentley is one of the most famous driving coaches in racing and author of probably the best book on driving ever, "Speed Secrets". He and Sam Smith (formerly at Road&Track, Automobile, Hagerty, and more) host a podcast called "It's Not the Car" that explores the history and technology of racing and why it's always the people behind the car that make the difference. Topics include: Does a simulator need to be expensive to be helpful? Are motion simulators necessary? What separates good drivers from great ones How to win Le Mans if you never went karting Is "natural talent" a real thing? Why falling is good One-on-one coaching vs driving school Is a $20,000,000 simulator worth it? Why Checo should ride with Max and more! https://speedsecrets.com/ross-bentley/ https://www.the-intercooler.com/library/writers/sam-smith/ https://www.amazon.com/Smithology-Thoughts-Travels-Semi-Plausible-Writings/dp/B0D2Q3P93Z https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-not-the-car/id1724932544 Recorded October 21, 2024 Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to join https://www.deleteme.com/TIRE and use promo code TIRE at checkout. New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ https://www.noduswatches.com/design-lab-shop/p/canyon-by-matt-farah-night-sky Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	Is the sim today in 2024 a suitable replacement for a youth spent carding?
0:08.0	It would be really interesting if before you spent time on a motorcycle on a track, if you had if I just come along and said stand on one
0:16.1	foot on your toes and just balance now and let me time that yeah and watch how you do it. Now after you go and do track days on a bike on a track, now do the same thing.
0:27.6	When someone works harder, what does that work literally look like? Does it mean just longer days at the track? Does it mean
0:34.3	Sim time? Does it mean extraordinary, you know, physical workouts? I mean, so what
0:41.3	what is the biggest hurdle for that person to move into the
0:46.0	mid intermediate maybe expert open passing group in the next 12 months.
0:53.0	What is the sort of the baseline
0:55.0	for really improving real world skills
0:58.1	using a simulator?
0:59.3	So really good question.
1:00.8	What up everybody?
1:01.8	Welcome to the smoking tire podcast.
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