I'm more of a "feel" driver than a technical driver. I know guys that pace off corners, pace off slalom offsets, they know at what MPH they can make this corner and that corner. Then you see them after a run with their face in a tablet looking at the data from the run planning how they'll make changes for their next run.
For me, that's too much info...too much data going on inside this simple head. I have to rely on muscle memory and my gut and hope my hands and feet do what my gut wants them too. There are 30-50 different elements that a driver has to place their car correctly into in 30-50 seconds usually and with the SCCA anyway, you get 3 or 4 shots at it...that's it. Those that learn, adapt, and put into play the quickest...usually win.
Sutton is always saying to me, what's the car need? Is it loose...is it tight...on corner entry...roll thru...corner exit??
I always say..."It needs the driver to quit screwing up!!"
I can make this car loose, tight and dern near perfect...usually purely on accident.