Your eyes lead the way and control smoothness. Looking ahead not only gets a racer where he needs to be, it focuses concentration. However, scanning the point of emerging information is not enough. Learn to project ahead. As objects in your scan become closer, anticipate a shift to objects even further ahead.
Anticipation is crucial because everything happens very quickly at high speed.
The ability to look ahead immunizes against accidents. The brain allows the driver to anticipate and, therefore, is his best ally. Ground rush is caused by failing to continually adjust vision further ahead, particularly as speed increases. Escalating speed magnifies anxiety. As visual depths of field get shorter with increasing speed, anxiety progressively grows.