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Data Analysis Tips

Driver health, monitoring, and performance

Driver health, monitoring, and performance

Posted by TrailBrake â•‘ Matt Romanowski on Mar 22nd 2022

I was surfing Instagram and saw Dr. David Ferguson, of the Spartan Motorsports Performance Lab, post this great article from the April 2022 Racecar Engineering.  The article is a great glimp … read more
New AiM SmartyCam 3 Released

New AiM SmartyCam 3 Released

Posted by TrailBrake â•‘ Matt Romanowski on Dec 12th 2021

At PRI 2021, AiM released their new SmartyCam HD 3. This new generation of cameras comes in 4 flavors – Sport, Regular, GP, and Dual. While there is some overlap in them, they each fit a different u … read more
Monitoring Driver Core Temp and Heart Rate

Monitoring Driver Core Temp and Heart Rate

Posted by TrailBrake â•‘ Matt Romanowski on Aug 23rd 2021

Everyone has felt hot in a race car wearing full Nomex undergarments and a race suit. Even if you are only a DE driver and have tracked on a hot day wearing short sleeves and pants, you have experienc … read more
Race Studio Analysis Corner vMin and Straight vMax

Race Studio Analysis Corner vMin and Straight vMax

Posted by TrailBrake || Matt Romanowski on Feb 24th 2021

One thing that is a great measure of driver performance, chassis changes, and overall vehicle speed is minimum corner speeds (vMin). Maximum corner speeds (vMax) are a similar measure and they also sh … read more
Shocks, Tire Temps, and Load Variation

Shocks, Tire Temps, and Load Variation

Posted by TrailBrake || Matt Romanowski on Feb 24th 2021

If you've ever talked to a suspension engineer, shock guy, or read up on suspension setup, you've probably seen where people say the goal is to reduce the contact patch load variation. That is a compl … read more