I am interested in attending a racing school and was wondering if anyone could recommend one. Also, are there ever any events in the PacNW where instructors come and give advice for drivers. I've looked at Skip Barber Racing School and it sounds amazing, I just can't afford the $4000 price tag.

 

Go give greenie a holla!

 

Check out proformance.

 

it's a lot cheaper to join Proformance for racing school, and they provide cars too...

there are many clubs have HPDE events. look at other threads in this nw forums.

 

Do you want to go to a driving school or a racing school? If the latter, do you want to learn racing techniques, or just do the minimum required to qualify you to get your novice permit?

There are three racing school options in the Pacific Northwest. The first is the Oregon Region SCCA's racing school, which is fairly inexpensive, includes a lot of track time, and qualifies you for your SCCA novice permit. Unfortunately, it's only held once a year in March, so you've missed your chance for this year. The second is ProFormance's competition school. I've never heard anything about it, but it's pricier (bad) but includes use of a race car (good if you don't have yours built yet). The last is the various Conference-affiliated DEs; these are basically normal track days except that a racer will ride along with you to see if you know what you're doing. These are cheap, but they don't actually teach you anything about racing per se; they qualify you to run in Conference's novice races but not SCCA's.

I did Skip Barber's three day racing school a long time ago, and it was largely a waste of time for anyone with a reasonable amount of track experience.

 

Proformance's basic High Performance Driving School is excellent, and (at least in the past) they let you use a stock S2000. Their track days (which you can do once you've successfully completed their basic school) are the best around.

I did the Proformance SCCA licensing school. It is very well done, but pricey. It will qualify you for an SCCA novice permit. You use their cars, so you don't have to have a fully-built race car to do this.

I've instructed at the Cascade SCCA licensing school. It's the best bang for the buck around, but you have to have a race car that will pass tech, and (as Steve said) they only give it once a year, in March. Lots of track time; well run; all instructors are licensed, experienced racers, known to the organizers.

I did the Skippy two day advanced racing school. I didn't learn anything, but I had a great time. It's pricey, but you use their cars, and you get to drive a track you probably haven't ever driven before.

If you're only looking for high performance driving experiences, Alfa club is the least expensive, and they provide brave souls who sit in your car and instruct you. I believe you don't have to have any prior experience to get into their newbie group, but your car has to pass tech (and I don't think they take stock S2000's any more).

 

Last info I had is that they accept stock S2000s with OEM hardtops.

 

When you guys refer to stock, do bolt on performance parts throw the car into modified or is this only if the interior is gutted, suspension modified, forced induction is present?

 

We're talking about the seats/seatbelts/airbags/rollhoops.

 

What Mike said.

When you talk about racing school, are you really talking about driving on the track, or are you planning to race?