{"id":31777,"date":"2020-06-25T04:05:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=31777"},"modified":"2020-06-23T19:45:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T02:45:36","slug":"147-james-chartres-gaining-confidence-and-gaining-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/147-james-chartres-gaining-confidence-and-gaining-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"147 \u2013 James Chartres: Gaining Confidence and Gaining Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_612\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-31777-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=31777-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"147_mp.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%3D31777\" 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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31778 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-500x382.jpg 500w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-64x49.jpg 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-1080x825.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1-510x389.jpg 510w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/JamesChartresKangaMotorsports-300x229-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On this week\u2019s episode, James Chartres joins me to talk about how he built his confidence and became one of \u201cthe fast ones\u201d in the competitive world of SCCA, finding the balance between being analytical and just letting go to have fun, making track notes, and turn 5 at Laguna Seca. We also dive into racing sponsorships\/partnerships at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p>James races a Spec Racer Ford in the SCCA San Francisco region, runs his own team \u2013 Kanga Motorsport \u2013 and in his spare time is an aerospace engineer for NASA (or is that the other way around?!). As a club racer, James has put together some amazing marketing partnerships to help support his team, too.<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019 speed secret: The little changes and improvement add up.<\/p>\n<p>Check these out to follow James!<br \/>\nWeb: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kangamotorsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kangamotorsports.com<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kangamotorsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/kangamotorsports\/<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kangamotorsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kangamotorsports<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kangamotorsport?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kangamotorsports<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPMIVFlGxhdcoA9in-dB0Dg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kangamotorsports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_613\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-31777-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=31777-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/speedsecrets\/147_mp.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"147_mp.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%3D31777\" 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>On this week\u2019s episode, James Chartres joins me to talk about how he built his confidence and became one of \u201cthe fast ones\u201d in the competitive world of SCCA, finding the balance between being analytical and just letting go to have fun, making track notes, and turn 5 at Laguna Seca. We also dive into racing sponsorships\/partnerships at the grassroots level.<\/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-31777","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\/31777","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=31777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31780,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31777\/revisions\/31780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}