> When I did martial arts my memory of a fight was pretty vague so I couldn't analyze and learn much. I'm guessing it's because of the adrenaline. I don't reme

> When I did martial arts my memory of a fight was pretty vague so I couldn't analyze and learn much. I'm guessing it's because of the adrenaline. I don't remember anything from my first Formula Ford race (and I had years and years of street racing experience at that time and vast databases of memories from those street races), but after a while that level of "combat" actually becomes cherished, you relish the "fight". Then you are in the position to make use of your memory to aid yourself in becoming better when you are not even participating. I'd say this is probably more true for racers where seat time is very expensive so you must develop the ability to bench race (visualize yourself actually driving, shifting gears, looking into the corner, and so on, and so on) to become competitive. FWIW, and in my personal experience; when you get to the point where you remember what you were actually thinking right before you made an input, then you are truly in a position to really improve when you are not even actually participating.