by Ross Bentley | Mar 2, 2025 | Driving Directions
My parents didnʻt send me to a training program to learn to breathe. Learning to drive was no different. It seemed instinctual. I can still picture myself inhaling that first big gasp of air, and taking that first big inhalationof driving. The driving gasp involved...
by Ross Bentley | Jul 13, 2025 | Driving Directions
Just over a week ago, we—Sam Smith, Jeff Braun and I—released an episode of the It’s Not The Car podcast with an in-depth and opinionated recap of when a good ol’ boy named Cale went to Le Mans. It was really a treat to record, mostly because it was fun to go back in...
by Ross Bentley | Dec 26, 2024 | Driving Directions
I wrote this many years ago, but thought about sharing it today, just for fun (although there might be a few “lessons” included).I was fortunate to meet Michael Sleighmacher a couple of years ago. Sleighmacher has been Santa Claus’s driver coach for almost two...
by Ross Bentley | Mar 30, 2025 | Driving Directions
“Because I drive a FWD/rear-engine Porsche/momentum/fill-in-the-blank car, I turn in later/earlier/smoother/fill-in-the-blank, and use a later/earlier/middle/fill-in-the-blank apex.”“The line is the line and there is only one fast way to get through a corner and...
