Excerpt from Mark Hacking's Driving Magazine article:

"In 2006, I had the chance to experience his coaching techniques firsthand for an article I was writing on the getting to the next level in race driver training. We met up at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in the middle of the California desert and, for about eight straight hours, I sped around the track in a BMW M3 Coupe generously provided by the manufacturer while Bentley took notes.

It was a genuine turning point for me as a driver, to finally be able to take the theory from his books and put it into practice. It’s also worth noting that my times improved by over 1.5 seconds per lap on a track that I’d never seen before in my life.

Last year, Bentley gave a seminar to BMW and Porsche club drivers in the Toronto area, speaking about the Speed Secrets approach to driving. One of the primary concepts is managing how the brain takes in information — more specifically, through the eyes, the ears and the seat of the pants. The reasoning goes that the more quality information you feed the brain from these three sources, the better the result on track. (Personal aside: This method is very effective.)"

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