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The technique of directing your gaze to where you want the car to be next — the apex, track-out point, or next braking zone — rather than where it is now. Where your eyes go, the car tends to follow. This is one of the most high-leverage skills a new HPDE driver can develop.
The HPDE Techniques by Skill Level source explains the mechanism: "In performance driving, your hands will follow your eyes: the car tends to go where you're looking — further than you might on the street — and constantly shift your gaze to key points: the turn-in, the apex cone, the track-out." Bentley reinforces this in Speed Secrets: "No matter which one of these reasons is the cause of over-slowing, your mental programming is not right. You do not have a mental model of how fast you need to be and how fast you should be going when you get there. Everything is a reaction. There is no planning ahead. In fact, it's impossible to plan ahead if you're not looking far enough ahead." The HPDE guide describes the novice shift: "In daily driving you might only focus a few car lengths ahead; on track, you must extend your gaze much further. The reason is simple: the car follows your eyes and hands. If you stare at what is in front of you right now, your steering inputs will be reactive and jerky." Advanced drivers extend this to predictive gaze — they look to where they expect the car to be, which creates a self-fulfilling path.