Short shift, easy on the brakes, easy on the tires.Easy on the clutch. run about 90% of fast.
Dont push the pass on the track, pass in the pits. Drive your pace.
If you are faster than your closest comp, pit when they pit(cover), if you are slower, pit when they dont(split).
You want to put your team into a situation that the faster car doesnt have.
Use a calculator and valid math to figure how far you have to go on fuel, tires, and brakes. Strecth the fuel if you need to get into one less stop. The fewest stops will win most of the time .
Keep track of the fuel burn at your races. in minutes. See how much fuel you can burn and keep running. If it wont get all of the gas, build a surge tank and test it before the race!!
Same with the tires and brakes. Figure out how to get the tires to go at least as far as the fuel, or better , 2x the fuel.
IMHO. MM