...reviews the techniques needed to drive fast, win races, and build a career as a professional racing driver. More importantly, it schools readers in the process of turning this clear mental picture into racing perfection with ross bentley showinf you how to use mental imigary to experience the feeling of hitting the perfect end-of-braking point as well as how to develope a mental trigger to stimulate your subconscious into executing to on the track. --Race Tech International, October 2008
The book is easy to read and has a lot of real examples from various drivers. The book gives examples for an individual to practice and learn various techniques that will help a person with their driving skills and other aspects of life.(RRideout)As with the previous five Speed Secrets it is concise and insightful. I found tips that I applied next time in the car. A must for anyone serious about getting faster. --P Harholdt
The Speed Secrets series overall (there's one I wasn't so fond of) does a fantastic job of helping a new driver learn various techniques, then transitions into someone with a bit of racing experience. Speed Secrets 6 is an excellent resource for a person looking to take their game to the next level, whether that be someone who feels comfortable on track but is a mid-pack driver, to someone who is typically a front-running driver looking for more. Probably my favorite part of the book deals with learning a new track, or one that you don't have too much experience on. Novices are taught to really focus on learning lines, but this book provides fantastic insight for how a more experienced driver should approach this - and it's not about learning the new track's line as you might think. 'Drive the car, not the track.' I have a big event coming up at Mid Ohio Sports Car Complex and typically run at the pointy end of the field, but am confident this book will give me another edge. --Dave Gran
The author of five previous Speed Secrets books, Ross Bentley is a former Indy Car driver and winner of the U.S. Road Racing Championship. Today, he’s a professional driving coach who works with drivers at every level of racing, from karting to the IRL.
Although he no longer races regularly, Bentley still drives competitively. In 2003, his team won the SRP2 class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and in 2005, he teamed with three 16-year-old phenoms to contest the GT Class at Daytona in a Racer's Group Porsche.
This combination of driving and coaching skills allows Bentley to write about the actual task of driving a race car with more depth and intellect than any other author working today.