Think to Win: The New Approach to Fast Driving [Paperback]

Don Alexander (Author), Mark Martin (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Driving | Publication Date: April 2003

"Think to Win" teaches you how to analyze your driving, pinpoint specific problem areas and remove the obstacles that keep you from winning. Author and Circle Track Magazine editor Don Alexander helps you develop powerful mental skills like visualization, anticipation, concentration, and setting priorities. These skills add speed and drop lap times, but can be difficult to master without the right guidance.

"Think to Win" brings new insight to basic but demanding driving activities like accelerating, turning, and braking. Learn how to manage weight transfer, save tenths of seconds in qualifying, take segment times in a corner to identify and correct mistakes, even how to communicate with your crew to fix handling problems.

No matter whether you're racing on paved oval tracks, dirt tracks, speedways, or road courses, "Think to Win" will help you to become a faster, winning driver.

And if you're a race fan, "Think to Win" will give you a whole new perspective on what it's like to drive a Winston Cup car. As Nascar driver Mark Martin puts it, "Don helps you understand the challenges we face out there so you can answer your friend when he turns to you and says, 'Man, why doesn't he just pass that guy?'

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837600707
• ISBN-13: 978-0837600703
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Professional & Technical > Automotive > Driver's Education

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good racing book., October 27, 1999

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Mike Weaver ([e-mail]) (New Berlin, WI) - See all my reviews

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I found "Think to Win" to be a great help in identifying and understanding areas of my racing that I didn't even know existed! I am positive that I am a better driver than I was before I read it. In fact, I read it every year before the season starts!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think to Win: The New Approach to Fast Driving, October 7, 2005

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Dennis Olson (Kane, Pa) - See all my reviews

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This is an excellent book for a new and an experienced race driver.
It is packed full of necessary instructions and advice that any race driver needs if he/she wants to succeed. I have read it twice so far and will read it again just before our race season starts. If you could only read one book on racing, this would definitely be it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best driving skill book, May 25, 2009

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John R. Boren - See all my reviews
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Anyone who's serious about improving their car control and race driving skills should read this book. No other book comes close