Ed’s Driver’s Ed In 1989, while working at SAE as Associate Editor for Automotive Engineering magazine, I accepted an invitation to speak in Washington DC about the “State of Driver’s Ed in this Country”…that was before the Internet. Many of... Read More

Ayrton Senna at Play in an Acura NSX Ayrton probably didn’t have a lot of seat-time in this car when this was shot. So, the amount of lock needed to dance it around the corners wasn’t as ingrained as it... Read More

Ross Bentley does a great job of simplifying how load curves work in relation to cornering force. In fact, the load curve can be mixed with the slip-angle curve to get a 3D “carpet plot” of traction force available at... Read More

Jacques Villeneuve spoke about boredom in F1 in this BBC story: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/26178312. Back in the ’90s, I worked quite closely with him in IndyCar. I found him to be one of the most talented, level-headed drivers on the circuit. He... Read More

Dale’s explanations are simple, and his approach is beautifully unconventional. Differentiating between “attitude angle” and slip angle took a second to visualize, but his torques about the car’s CG are spot-on…bravo, sir.... Read More