An important aspect of racing is being able to manage corners better than your competitors. Setting up for an approaching curve requires focus and trust. Focus to stay on task and trust that the suspension and the tires will do their jobs, which helps with the focus part. Problems can arise when the requests exceed the capabilities of those components either because the driver has entered the curve too fast, or is not capable of handling the inputs to keep the car on the correct line. And then there are the mechanical issues that can impact handling. There are a myriad of variables to get right to make a corner. Successfully navigating high speed corners requires an extra amount of faith. Downforce can help with that. Experience teaches one how to identify correct cornering speeds and responses to unexpected variances, but how does one know when entering and seeing a corner for the first time? There are those who just guess and hope for a positive outcome, and others who approach with a measured response and build up to maximum speed over time. One of those approaches is safe but time consuming, while the other raises the odds of a mishap.
Twists and turns part of our existence. There are some who are corner carvers and each turn is met with excitement and great anticipation. I love the right kind of curves, but surprises at speed can sometimes bring unwanted problems. I'm hard-wired to be fast. Despite efforts by others to curb my speed, it can't be contained. I think fast, type fast, speak fast, drive fast, and fail fast. I do not, however, make fast decisions. I tend to overthink decisions and sometimes plan myself into paralysis. It's a wonder I've been able to keep AcMo accelerating for as long as I have. I credit most of our success to the wonderful teams we have working with us. We'd be lost without them. Literally lost since one of our teams is dedicated to providing real-time GPS coordinates so we know where we are at all times.
On the track, corner entry, mid-corner speed, and full power application at corner exit are all critical to great lap times. Fear can play a large part in determining how aggressive a driver is through the corner. We're immune to one aspect of fear since we only test with customer vehicles, we have no fear of crashing. The feeling through the car while managing each stage is magical when done right. Hours upon hours are spent perfecting--as close as a human can get to perfect anyway--the rhythm and the corner speed. The effort is worth it, even if you only achieve the perfect corner execution once.
Unless you are drag racing, there is never a straight line from start to finish. Obstacles are inevitable, but how we handle them makes all the difference. Sometimes the best approach is to stay out of the race, but I haven't figured out how to identify those moments. Because of that, I've wasted a lot of hours continuing my trek when I should have stopped long ago.
Mondays are almost always obstacle days here. It starts with the urgent problems that accumulated over the weekend and require swift resolutions. I'm always trying to just wake up for most of the day Monday, and that is no time to be dealing with problems, but there aren't any other options. I've learned that problems don't disappear when you neglect them. Then as operations accelerate, new problems are created that also require attention. It can at times feel like an incessant barrage of issues.
Heroes lead from the front and winners win for a reason. The best part is that the victor gets to write the history. We can work with that. AcMo needs a stronger leader to keep it accelerating and ahead of the competition. All fronts are under constant attack, and the mental toll is staggering. The problem is that I'm not wise enough to know if I should continue or beg my corner person to throw in the towel for me.
There is a part of me that understands that the solution is to get to work and not worry about all the other stuff. Doubts will always linger, but they can only win when we give power to them. That's why we focus on doing while maintaining our faith that everything else will click into place, and if it doesn't, we'll use the old square peg round hole trick to make it work. Sometimes winning just means enduring until you're the last one standing. The epic parts of the story can be added in later after the hard work has concluded.
That's enough procrastination for one day, I think. The doubts have had enough of my mental focus for the day, and I have some corners to master and a conglomerate to run, so it's time to get to work.
Unless you are drag racing, there is never a straight line from start to finish. Obstacles are inevitable, but how we handle them makes all the difference. Sometimes the best approach is to stay out of the race, but I haven't figured out how to identify those moments. Because of that, I've wasted a lot of hours continuing my trek when I should have stopped long ago.
Mondays are almost always obstacle days here. It starts with the urgent problems that accumulated over the weekend and require swift resolutions. I'm always trying to just wake up for most of the day Monday, and that is no time to be dealing with problems, but there aren't any other options. I've learned that problems don't disappear when you neglect them. Then as operations accelerate, new problems are created that also require attention. It can at times feel like an incessant barrage of issues.
Heroes lead from the front and winners win for a reason. The best part is that the victor gets to write the history. We can work with that. AcMo needs a stronger leader to keep it accelerating and ahead of the competition. All fronts are under constant attack, and the mental toll is staggering. The problem is that I'm not wise enough to know if I should continue or beg my corner person to throw in the towel for me.
There is a part of me that understands that the solution is to get to work and not worry about all the other stuff. Doubts will always linger, but they can only win when we give power to them. That's why we focus on doing while maintaining our faith that everything else will click into place, and if it doesn't, we'll use the old square peg round hole trick to make it work. Sometimes winning just means enduring until you're the last one standing. The epic parts of the story can be added in later after the hard work has concluded.
That's enough procrastination for one day, I think. The doubts have had enough of my mental focus for the day, and I have some corners to master and a conglomerate to run, so it's time to get to work.
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