Racing driver's footwork tips for everyday driving and shifting

Casey Putsch talks about the finer points of driving a manual transmission in the Genius Garage 1988 IMSA Corvette while racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as part of the series for everyday and new drivers as well as the sportsman. Toe-heel downshifting, double clutching shifts, single clutching shifts, how much to slip a clutch, right and left foot braking, while winning a race.
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[@parkitplo3575]

On Today: A Hamster scratches at clay, a sanctioning body gets mad and Casey Stalls from pole position (but wins anyway).

[@GoodOldMoses]

Finally! Some reliable source of driving techniques. We lack that type of content on youtube.

[@jamesshives5679]

Not to take away from Casey here but Driver61 is another good channel for racing techniques and tech talk from a racing driver.

[@GoodOldMoses]

@@jamesshives5679 cool, I will check him out

[@CaseyPutsch]

I hope you guys enjoy the driving tips series with some old video of footwork in the racing Corvette! What do you think?

[@luisbalderrama8145]

I am very much enjoying this series. Please keep up the great and useful content. Best, Luis

[@stijnpaspont]

Whats not to like about onboard footage of a V8 beast? Liked the commentary too. Very insightful. These types of corvettes are pretty much non existent here in belgium.

[@lukemcconnell9121]

Great video

[@chrisl6989]

That was great. Cool to see the work you have to put into that machine to get the most out of it.

[@ismailali6346]

The series is awesome. Video idea: you said that the future of motor sports is heading towards sim racing i would love to see you try it for yourself and give us your thoughts about it.

[@henleyautomotivemedia3723]

This is such a great channel

[@sammarshall1068]

Big facts

[@wesleymce]

clapped rmz lol big facts for sure

[@gos3362]

Yeeee, I agree soo much

[@RicondaRacing]

Yeah dude, I subbed

[@isaacberry5023]

Time keeps ticking on and those old boys club members are gonna start to run out of time rather quickly and then realise, that because they’ve been so snobbish and self obsessed for their own ego boosting racing, there aren’t any passionate young drivers in that series to carry it on and their legacy will die with them. Their loss. Genius garage is great. Keep it up Casey!!

[@rickytickybobbywobbin7430]

Just like what led NASCAR to the way it is now, they care about nothing but $$$ and have such horrible tunnel vision that it’ll cause them to realize they’re killing the flow of revenue themselves

[@anac3652]

@@rickytickybobbywobbin7430 Words of wisdom

[@gregoryhorvath8920]

I’ve taken my youngest daughter and two grandchildren to Mid-Ohio for their Teen Defensive Driving courses. They all had a great time, learned an lot and watched cars on track. My daughter called me from school one day to thank me for sending her. She drove around a 4-wheel drive pickup that was sideways in a ditch on an icy road. This video brought back those memories. I hope to get back there someday. Thank you.

[@anthonypetty9288]

Really enjoying your videos (only discovered them a week ago, oops). As an ex-flag and grid marshal here in New Zealand, I appreciated your comment after crossing the line. Great to see your support for the young ones. Keep it up.

[@joshjackburns]

Hey man ! , I’m also from nz 🙂

[@waste4245]

This channel is growing like crazy and you deserve every bit of it, Casey. One of the most informative car channels on KZbin right now

[@robinbanksrocks]

😃 Thank You for the 'Thank you' 😃 much appreciated 'Shout-out' to all the Marshals who work the Flag Stations, Start, Pit In, Pit Out, Grid, etc. Most are volunteers & we are Happy to get acknowledged 😁 and thanks for all your videos, they're great!👍🏽 Keep 'em coming. 💯

[@uriahpinchot7402]

He is such a down to earth level headed guy. Keep it going. love this channel

[@blu2.551]

One of the few channels that give such good advices , keep it that way man!

I really enjoy these videos. I gotta say that you changed my perspective on cars and driving, I respect cars a lot more than I did few weeks before. Also I understand now more how they work and that's all thanks to you so thank you for this content that you're making. Cheers!

[@DamienOBrienJ]

MOAR! I learn so much watching these videos, Professional advice for those who want to get into Racing :) Keep it Coming Casey

[@sennenchow9499]

From someone who has never driven stick in his life, watching videos like these are somewhat daunting but truly demonstrate the discipline and skill it takes to handle a car like this on the track. Keep it up Casey!

[@1littlehondashop]

That was badass Casey hadn't seen this one yet very cool!!!! Bravo man

[@Cruz55360]

This video is the best breakdown of a driving technique I have ever seen. I've been watching your channel for awhile now but this is on another level. Amazing work Casey, keep it up!

[@redgti81]

Astonishing! Great video, seeing the footwork next to the POV video was just fantastic. Great video, great channel.

[@illinoisvisuals]

Seeing the reaction from the genius garage students was the most inspirational thing. For these people, this is a life changing event. For many already established in racing however, and not doing it for a good purpose like this, it's just another win in the book. Keep doing what you're doing Casey!

[@alfatasteless]

I was just watching that film earlier today! It popped up in my recommended a while ago. Nice to see you take an in-depth look at it.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

Wow, that was truly inspiring to watch. To see how you not just raced the car but paced yourself. It’s easy to go ten tenths, but it’s much more nuanced and requires so much more focus to be fast AND have so munch mechanical empathy. I’m planning on getting into Lemons racing and am going to keep many of my takeaways from the video in mind when I start racing.

[@cr4kh3ddgaming96]

so glad there is such a reasonable level headed racer like casey, he genuinely wants people to learn no matter the age unlike these old egotistical racers that ban him and genius garage from racing, they will die out realizing that they are the reason that young enthusiastic racers are the reason the sport keeps on after all these years. keep it up casey!

[@thetransporter3028]

Please keep doing these tip videos, much appreciated!

[@MecanicaForte]

Dude! Shirt ideia: Front = "whose track is this?" Back = "Our Track!" Greetings from Brazil. I also have a channel here a teache people to work on their on stuff. Called ; "Clube de Motores (engine club)" it's in portuguese. Thanks Casey for being a great guy!

[@deanoallen5096]

Awesome video!!! Love the heel toe action, very fluid and on point.

[@nokaoemauibuilt]

Awesome driving and commentary! Love the channel!

[@fnejfjskd8141]

Been a subscriber since you had like 15-30k subs. Really happy you’ve gotten a lot more subscribers, love hearing you talk about your beliefs on everything you’ve talked about.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Honored to have you here and glad you’re enjoying the videos!

[@iamamish]

I remember the first time i saw a video of the footwork in a race car and I was blown away. I couldn't believe how much was going on, with both feet. Thanks for sharing this!

[@F-Man]

You have become my favorite KZbin channel. I just absolutely love what you do and how you do it. Just wish that I had way more money and influence to support Genius Garage.

[@ulasoznc2752]

thank you for keeping eyes on us "young enthusiasts", Ive learned many new tips from you, will learn more in the future!

[@coltonkey123]

I've had a manual sports car as my daily for about the last five years, and have yet to learn how to double clutch on downshift. Something new to practice!

[@Terryrouge427]

Welp! Time to make a new vin-wiki video on why the boys club of mid-ohio hates kids lol

[@mrhefner01]

Those reactions were priceless. Clean race!

[@bfdz94]

Love this series🙌🏼

[@dalamar6228]

Loved this! Please keep up the driving technique videos.

[@damianfro4855]

I love the sound the corvette is making, especially, when its low rev, and its starting to raise, the sound is something that sounds beautiful

[@YGDification]

Great channel ! Respect!

[@reddgazelle2338]

I freaking love your channel man. Subbed not too long ago, currently looking to buy my first stick shift car. Your videos are giving me a much needed start to gaining my confidence in driving, and I hope one day I'll be good enough to be on a track! Gotta start somewhere though, so thank you for the helpful tips and invaluable professional information. Much love from Memphis

[@CaseyPutsch]

Right on man. Glad you’re here!

[@opieg7333]

I love seeing this, especially the left foot brake checking, makes total sense but never crossed my mind. Might be worth a discussion to inform on why brake checking is done. A lot of people want the "race" baking system but do not understand the potential significant drawbacks of such systems on a street car - piston knock back can be real unsettling.... As always great content - and now that people are noticing the subs are growing!!!

[@williamohlmeyer6988]

This is one of my favorite videos yet.

[@markbattista6857]

That was a great drive brother your foot work is fantastic , about 40 years ago I took some great advice from Mario Andretti and practiced my heel toe even in my road car.

[@t19-prime35]

Awesome video, sir! Subbed!

[@Rakatawhat]

Awesome video!

[@sandarudray]

Love this subscribed

[@casperhansen9955]

You are a good guy Casey!!

[@lewiswingrove71]

Keep up the great work you do! the kids are our future, we need more real car 🚗 guys out there.

[@anac3652]

Love it, I'd like to get into racing but full time jobs say otherwise :P Keep up the awesome work!

[@4BillC]

That looks like so much fun! I'm 38 and ever since I was a kid I always want to race! Never did though...

[@juryo_]

I love the commentary over your laps. Very informative. Could we have a separate video with no commentary so we can hear that glorious corvette sing?

[@colemcmeans7809]

love this

[@mrblackrock555]

Another interesting video, im glad that your videos randomly popped up for me, been a very big help and has made me think about my driving on a regular basis to work much differently. Side question as well: Is club level racing like this supported well in the US? it could be because of helmet cam but it didnt seem like there were a lot of people which isnt what id expect.

[@flpmedia2312]

"Nasty Violent Machine" the sound is so beautiful 😍

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

Thank you Casey. I don't think I've ever watched someone do heel toe and floating up gears. I also have never seen one of these crazy fuel pedals. Thank you so much for representing Ohio.

[@1996ikey]

We live for these practice videos

[@Jdogthepim]

Amazing Driving Skills

[@StereoSoundAgent]

footwork is soooo important!

[@diggingattycho7908]

When I first started messing with cars, there was a man who gave me loads of advice. Along with 4 hour's detailed instruction on changing out an intake manifold on a smallblock Chevy. One thing he said that pertain's to your situation, "What comes around goes around, time is irrelevant". Out the nearly 40 years since I was given that advice. I've watched karma play out so often, I'm very confident in saying these old boys will run into trouble. Best part of it all you don't need to do a thing. They will do all the work for you. All you have to do is sit back and watch the show. After my experience with the man that taught me so much, I'm always trying to pass along advice or at least tell a few stories with the kids I run across. I was once one of them, I only wish I had the experience of Genius Garage.

[@BRZguy]

This is the epitome of cool right here. Loud V8, RWD, stick shift.

[@sebastiankvyat3915]

Never knew about that throttl roller as supposed to just a normal pedal. Love the sound of a high reving v8.

[@screamfingers]

Damn that's one hell of a backdrop for the opening of the video.

[@BSaunders145]

Love you videos man. Your a super good guy. Im studying mechanical engineering and got a fox-body project going. Mite want to sell it for a legend car or something. That car is so sick

[@CatCaywood]

Great driving, I hope to be this good some day

[@AlexDreadHead]

Finally, driving that makes sense🙏🏽

[@weaselman24]

I race hill climb and I've got a habit of test tapping the brakes before a corner with my left foot just so I know they are there. I saw later you that too. It's a good habit to develop in my eyes

[@darrenit7498]

Can we submit some of our own foorwork footage to you for critique in the spirit of improvement?

[@TheRivalryDrifting]

You should consider doing some gridlife events either building a car or just doing some spec Miata with genius garage

[@HFSIR]

I watched all of your videos n didn’t even realize I wasn’t subscribed. Lol I’m just on your channel everyday

[@brettdawson3627]

Casey, I am really wanting to get into drag racing a manual. Is this something you’re knowledgeable on? Something you could talk about in a video on how you should launch and be shifting? Love the channel and watching your vids! Im new to driving manual and ive absolutely fell in love..tomorrow I’m looking at what’s hopefully my second manual.

[@kevinmcguinness9994]

Wholesome automotive content is the best type of content in my opinion.

[@CrazyRcguy12]

Now this is a cool video

[@Chris-hq7nl]

That was awesome! It was really interesting to watch the interplay between the hands and the footwork. Could you do a video on controlling slides? Obviously in an AWD car like my daily you can look like a hero without much effort but I'd love some more info on controlling a RWD car when they start to get a bit loose like you had on that last turn.

[@rel04ding58]

i mean, you can look up drift tutorials, it helps knowing how to controll slides, sim racing also helps a insane ammount when it comes to improving your driving skills, but when the car begins to slide from my few months of sim racing, either you counterstear fast enaugh or you'll spin, but it's relativly easy to avoid contact and if you controll your throttle and brake inputs well, you dont need to worry about spinning, however, be carefull with the condition of your tyres, dont try being a hero on 2yo tyres that are hard or cracked or bald, drive safe and it's pritty intuitive how to correct the car, sry if i wasn't much of a help, gl buddy.

[@rel04ding58]

also i forgot to add, the key to avoid sliding and to correct it is to be smooth and dont overdrive your car until you have enaugh confidence

[@Chris-hq7nl]

rafael malheiro well yeah and I’m not talking about purposeful drifting. I’d like to see his preferred recovery techniques because there are many ways to respond to that.

[@rel04ding58]

@@Chris-hq7nl i get what you're saying but drifting videos on the internet since drifting is about sliding, they also teatch you how to stop sliding

[@Chris-hq7nl]

rafael malheiro I know this. I was taught to drive by a guy who raced SCCA. I’m interested in Casey’s take

[@MRJJJarhead]

Look Mom! Professional racing driver stalls just like me! LOL but seriously very infomative and fun to watch!

[@TM-bn8pv]

Love your work, man! My favorites so far are the Thunderbird vids (especially the Behind the Scenes as those guys don't get as much glory as the pilots to the general public, non-aviation geeks), and left lane hogs episodes. Keep on those left lane hog videos as you might make a change. Keep on supporting our country and military!! Keep on making things you love as well as passion makes for a great channel and INFLUENCER! Also, if you need a mule who will learn and do what is asked in your businesses to help out, I'm here, free agent after Covid-19 release and will work for free or minimum until I can prove myself. Not that it really matters, but I got a BS in Information Sciences and Technology from a nice big, Big 10 school that I had a long uphill climb to get into, along with more valuable real world experience.

[@CaseyPutsch]

email Genius Garage regarding this

[@graffitibomb2909]

Hey Casey! Absolutely love your channel and have been implementing all of these tips into driving my stock 1988 fc rx7 and just started re designing my gas pedal to work better with my style of heel toe down shifting and was wondering if this vette is manual steering or power?:)

[@Sky-zg8lz]

Legend...

[@jivadaya6439]

Superb

[@exoticveganrecipes5655]

The kid that creates those wood cars is definition of genius garage 🤠👍

[@giomajestic7411]

Forever live the manual transmission!

[@EvostarSC]

So if you go to check the brakes on the straight and there's fade what do you do?

[@sneibarg]

Awesome.

[@HipsterNgariman]

On hard brakings such as 7:50, you double clutch it, but not rev-matching ? Is that a mistake ? It feels like the delay between the blip and the clutch release just make it slip rather than a smooth downshift

[@carminemartino1197]

is it useful to doubleclutch downshift when you are already doing heel and toe downshift? why?

[@Dan_Afriat]

When right foot braking, do you transition using the ankle only or are you moving the entire leg to move aside for the brakes? Where do you place the right foot's heel? Is it in between? Great channel and videos BTW

[@alexiss9847]

My high ass was thinking you were talking in the car while driving.

[@steezydan8543]

Just changed my oil today on my 2002 Nissan Altima. It's an automatic car, so I left foot brake. Started fooling around with the slosh and see semi-automatic gear-mode and honestly it makes the car a whole lot better, but I can't downshift without my transmission giving a huge kick to the front wheels. The automatic mode makes it shift from first to second below 2k RPM and it just robs the car of power.

[@steezydan8543]

V6 of course

[@sharan4321]

amazing

[@Foldingblade]

What is your brake bias on your corvette I race it all the time in a sim but never get it to feel right it now at 57 43

[@TheblueTraxxasRustler]

83 likes and 0 dislikes perfectly balanced as all things should be

[@zachc3878]

Great information Casey! One thing I have wondered for years is why some drivers repeatedly stab (or let off) the gas mid turn. You can see good examples in rally racing pretty regularly, but also in that classic video of Ayrton Senna in the NSX. It is attempts to reduce wheel spin? Or induce wheelspin to rotate the car? Some other reason I havent thought of?

[@ellocoxd924]

That *”no”* was so satisfying

[@RicondaRacing]

Can you do videos on taking turns, finding the apex and things like that?

[@YTOnceAgain]

A question regarding clutchless shifting when accelerating: Doesn't it actually slow down the car a tad more than clutched shifting? I can't get rid of the idea that right after the gear pops in, you have a moment of engine braking, because you can't open the throttle in the exact same moment.

[@turbo_tyler_]

Great video, why did you do a double clutch down shift tho? Is it a non synchronized gear box?

[@rickytickybobbywobbin7430]

I love that you’re not afraid to speak against needless wrong-doings. By the way, what is the purpose of the vent duct coming from the passenger window?

[@CaseyPutsch]

Joe McLendon so the driver doesn’t roast alive

[@rickytickybobbywobbin7430]

Casey Putsch oh, so it must be forcing air into the floor pan to keep it cool?

[@hamishfullerton7309]

That's a wild beast to tame 💪😁cool cat😸

[@berghy8606]

Good win! Are you just double clutching out of habit? Seems a bit odd on a trans you don't have to clutch on upshifts, sounds kinda like straight cut gears. Would be interested on some info on the trans!

[@bkphil89]

Who disliked this video ??.. smh how could you dislike badass driving

[@petar-boshnakov]

Is it a dogbox tranmission? If not - how are these upshifts possible? Thanks a lot!

[@airplanegeorge]

that can't be a sopwith camel but it sure looks like one, very cool.

[@daniellee-eq6gg]

Love these videos! When is it ok to upshift without using the clutch?

[@CaseyPutsch]

When you are not in a synchromesh gearbox (IE dog box) and have confidence. Motorcycle, tractor, semi, shifter kart, some race cars....

[@d1zguy864]

You should just clone yourself, would make any track day or event a joy to participate in; full of Casey's!