![]() The element of the unknown is big for this particular event. If you go into a situation where you feel unprepared, you usually feel unconfident.” I think that (lack of) confidence is just when you don’t know what’s going to happen or you don’t know what to expect. “I know my guys well enough that unless I sense a genuine lack of confidence, then let’s figure out what we need to prepare or develop to help add some confidence in those areas. For the most part, that just helps them manage expectations. “It’s an interesting trait that so many great drivers have, that they really downplay their abilities and their processes underlying those abilities. “I think a lot of great race car drivers have a tendency to be self-deprecating,” Wise said. Combatting that skepticism is a priority for Wise if it’s at all legitimate. Skepticism has crept up among some of NASCAR’s top drivers, both publicly and privately, regarding their own efforts in the dirt race. ![]() Wise also kept a finger on the pulse of his drivers’ vibes. “They are great race car drivers and they can manage the technical aspects of that, but the kind of underbelly of that with how they’re thinking about applying those things is where we spend a little more time.” You’re going to change your technique a lot and you’re going to change where you’re looking at how your hands are moving. “I brought up reading the dirt and that can be really important, right? As the lines transition, the track dries out, you’re going to change lanes a lot. “What I worked on, really with everything, and with this as well, is I want to help them understand how to think about the dirt and what to focus on. “We don’t really tell guys how to drive,” Wise said. I think we create our own habits.”Īt Millbridge, there wasn’t concern over times on the stopwatch repetitions on the dirt and an understanding of its finicky nature were paramount in Wise’s mentoring. ![]() “I’m not a believer that race cars create bad habits. “The thing that we’ve tried to do is get them exposure to dirt if they haven’t had it,” Wise said. While drivers outside of Wise’s care have figured out different ways of acquainting themselves with the dirt atop Bristol’s half-mile track - seven Cup regulars were entered for Saturday’s Truck Series race - he believes there’s foundational growth to be had on any type of car at any type of dirt track. “I love just diversification, an exposure to different types of cars … just trying to keep them in cars as much as possible and give them the feedback and tools and environment to be at their optimum.” “The biggest part of my philosophy is that there’s no training that we can do that’s better than driving a race car,” said Wise, who placed a few drivers in Ron Fellows’ Nevada-based road racing school three weeks ago. Seat time of any sort is a form of improvement prioritized by Wise. to take turns wheeling a micro sprint around the 1/6-mile dirt oval. “One thing I always try to do is that I want to know what they’re feeling,” said Wise, who brought the majority of his clients with him to Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, N.C. Josh Wise and the Chevy drivers he works with at Millbridge Speedway he prepared them for the Bristol dirt Cup race. “We want to make sure we’re preparing for it, but also we’ve got a lot of other races to prepare for this year.” “It’s tough because it’s one race,” Wise told NBC Sports. Drivers like Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Alex Bowman and Ross Chastain utilize Wise to improve fitness and sharpen skills that have already formed.īut none of them have ever experienced Bristol on dirt, a curveball thrown at Wise by NASCAR. For Kurt Busch, 42, he works to stave off physical decline. His weekly routine consists of analyzing data and evaluating driving decisions from the previous week’s race before moving ahead to the upcoming track.įor his younger clientele, like Sam Mayer, Raphaël Lessard and Sheldon Creed, he works to optimize burgeoning cognitive development, such as hand-eye coordination. Josh Wise is hoping the fruits of some unexpected labor will bear this weekend on Bristol’s dirt.Ī NASCAR Cup Series driver from 2011-16, Wise now operates as a performance advisor to a coterie of Chevrolet drivers with varying experience levels.
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