{"id":23194,"date":"2019-07-25T04:05:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=23194"},"modified":"2019-07-15T19:16:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T02:16:41","slug":"134-preston-lerner-learning-from-the-best-ford-gt-driver-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/134-preston-lerner-learning-from-the-best-ford-gt-driver-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"134 &#8211; Preston Lerner: Learning From the Best, Ford GT &#038; Driver Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4820\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-23194-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=23194-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"134_7.25.19_.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D23194\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23195 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-500x444.jpg 500w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-64x57.jpg 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-1024x910.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-1080x960.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner-510x453.jpg 510w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/preston-lerner.jpg 1641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Preston Lerner<\/strong> joins me to talk about what he\u2019s noticed the best drivers \u2013 such as Colin Braun \u2013 do that make them so great. As a journalist, that\u2019s what he does \u2013 observes things that most people miss. We also talk about his own racing in a Spec Miata (and what you can learn from his strengths and weaknesses), the Ford GTs at Le Mans, and the dreaded Driver Ratings system that is used sports car racing.<\/p>\n<p>Preston writes for <em>Road &amp; Track<\/em> magazine, amongst others, and has written a number of books, including Ford GT, Winning: Paul Newman, Speed Read Ferrari, Scarab, and History\u2019s Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed. When he\u2019s not writing, Preston is driving \u2013 often racing a Spec Miata in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4821\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-23194-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=23194-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/134_7.25.19_.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"134_7.25.19_.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D23194\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Preston Lerner joins me to talk about what he\u2019s noticed that the best drivers \u2013 such as Colin Braun \u2013 do that make them so great. As a journalist, that\u2019s what he does \u2013 observes things that most people miss. We also talk about his own racing in a Spec Miata (and what you can learn from his strengths and weaknesses), the Ford GTs at Le Mans, and the dreaded Driver Ratings system that is used sports car racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-secrets-podcast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23196,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23194\/revisions\/23196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}