{"id":39175,"date":"2021-12-21T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=39175"},"modified":"2024-03-23T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:14:20","slug":"q-where-should-my-right-foot-be-placed-relative-to-the-gas-and-brake-pedals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-where-should-my-right-foot-be-placed-relative-to-the-gas-and-brake-pedals\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: Where should my right foot be placed relative to the gas and brake pedals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39176 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ask-Ross-image-2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><strong>Q: \u201cWhere should my right foot be relative to the throttle and brake?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: Heel on the floor, in a position as close to being right in between the gas and brake pedals. This way, you can pivot or lean your foot to the right to use the throttle, and pivot\/lean to the left for the brake. When braking, the ball of your right foot should be applying the brake pedal \u2013 which can feel odd if you\u2019ve always applied the brake with the pedal in the middle of your foot.<\/p>\n<p>It will take time to get used to this feeling that your foot is not going to slip off the brake pedal, but you\u2019ll find that your foot is only on part of it \u2013 and that\u2019s okay. In this way, your heel barely moves, and your foot just pivots\/leans from right to left and back again as you use the pedals.<\/p>\n<p>Some drivers have smaller feet, and might be driving a car with pedals that are high enough above the floor that it makes it difficult keep the heel on the floor. If that\u2019s the case for you, and you\u2019re driving a designated track car that you\u2019re okay with modifying, I\u2019d recommend building up the floor enough so the ball of your foot is on the middle of the brake pedal pad while your heel is still on the floor. This may involve mounting a plate on small \u201cstilts\u201d or spacers to raise up enough the area where your heel rests.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, it can take a bit of time to get used to this. In fact, that is usually a bigger factor than having a smaller foot, and with some practice you\u2019ll feel comfortable applying the brake with the ball and toes of your foot. Doing so will result in much more sensitivity to applying and modulating the brakes, as well as a quicker and smoother transition from throttle to brakes and back to throttle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: \u201cWhere should my right foot be relative to the throttle and brake?\u201d<\/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":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39175","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=39175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39188,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39175\/revisions\/39188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}