Comments on: Training Tip: Approaching Raceday http://twoguysrally.com/2008/09/05/training-tip-approaching-raceday/ Two guys on a journey into the Rally Racing world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dustin Tarditi http://twoguysrally.com/2008/09/05/training-tip-approaching-raceday/#comment-567 Dustin Tarditi Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:14:24 +0000 http://twoguysrally.com/?p=133#comment-567 Hydrate and increase your potassium intake - this helps. People will spend tons of money to increase the performance of their car by just a couple HP, but consider that 7 pounds requires 1 hp to move (as a rule of thumb) so if a driver is able to slim down 20-30 pounds (many of us can stand to do that (myself included)) we can increase the effective HP of our cars by 3-4 hp! :-) Hydrate and increase your potassium intake - this helps.

People will spend tons of money to increase the performance of their car by just a couple HP, but consider that 7 pounds requires 1 hp to move (as a rule of thumb) so if a driver is able to slim down 20-30 pounds (many of us can stand to do that (myself included)) we can increase the effective HP of our cars by 3-4 hp! :-)

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