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what high performance driving/racing schools would you guys suggest? i don't want to spend too much $$. and i want to use the stook, not their cars...i live in the bay area...
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Originally posted by enLihtninBoy
what high performance driving/racing schools would you guys suggest? i don't want to spend too much $$. and i want to use the stook, not their cars...i live in the bay area...
what high performance driving/racing schools would you guys suggest? i don't want to spend too much $$. and i want to use the stook, not their cars...i live in the bay area...
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I'd also recommend some open track days. I know that NASA (National Auto Sport Association) is pretty active in No. Cal. and runs events at pretty much every track up that way. I'm thinking about going to their open track day at Laguna Seca in a couple of months. They also run Thunderhill and Sears Point that I know of. I wish I knew their website address but I don't. I recommend track days because they're relatively inexpensive and they have instructors who will go with you and help you improve. If you'll let them they'll even drive your car and show what it's really capable of so you know what to work towards yourself.
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you guys talk about scca and nasa as if you just go and drive...is there some sort of a more formal school, something like skip barber, or russell racing? what do you suggest in this area...
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enLihtninBoy,
I've never been, but:
http://www.thunderhill.com/school.html
If you go, tell me how it is!
I've never been, but:
http://www.thunderhill.com/school.html
If you go, tell me how it is!
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If you want a "real" school, Bonderant is great, but *expensive*. Personally, I think the opentrack stuff like NASA is way better bang for the buck, but you'll get more in-depth at something like Bonderant.
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Originally posted by enLihtninBoy
you guys talk about scca and nasa as if you just go and drive...is there some sort of a more formal school, something like skip barber, or russell racing? what do you suggest in this area...
you guys talk about scca and nasa as if you just go and drive...is there some sort of a more formal school, something like skip barber, or russell racing? what do you suggest in this area...
In my not so humble opinion, autox teaches you more of what you can use than track time. You can learn all about oversteer without bending the car. And the consensus seems to be that autocrossers make better road-racers than road-racers make autocrossers...