Glossary / General

heel toe

8 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Heel-toe means you use the heel of your foot to tap the gas while the toe brakes, so shifting gears feels smoother.

Technical Definition

Heel-toe is a driving technique that uses the heel of one foot to blip the throttle while simultaneously applying brake with the toe, allowing smooth downshifts.

Hear It Discussed

"It's not hard to stop the car. It's just hard to heal toe because the spot where this pedal is dead is the spot where you need your toe to be in order to heal. Yeah. Because my toe is too far..."
Replica or Recreation?; THAT New Car Law; GT500 Review The Smoking Tire 04:01

""That's no heel toe. That's heel heel.""
Rodger Lee of Ironworks Speed & Kustom 3.0 Oil and Whiskey with Roadster Shop 17:03

"as in shifting and breaking, you know, so you don't lock up tires [2130.7s] and good heel toe, all this stuff that really, you know, that I miss in the sport."
Ep.329 – RE-HEATED: Johnny O’Connell Dinner with Racers 35:28