[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Grassroots Motorsports]
Being able to set a fast lap right out of the box is a core part of our world. Drivers don’t have all day to get up to speed; they need to get out there and do it now.
Fortunately, Tommy Archer is here to offer some advice on how to qualify faster.
Archer has the chops to dole it out—he started autocrossing in 1970 before becoming a champion in both ice racing and road racing. (He put his car on the pole at the 1980 SCCA Runoffs.) He soon moved to the professional ranks with drives at nearly all of the top levels, including NASCAR, ALMS and World Challenge. At Le Mans in 1999, he co-drove a Viper to second in class.
At the age of 61 he’s still racing, piloting the Archer Brothers Camaro in the Trans-Am series. At their Road Atlanta stop earlier this year, he turned third place on the grid into a second-place finish.
Tommy drove a factory…
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