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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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I'm looking for a track driving school where amateurs are taught to drive cars on the track with instructors, theory lessons and track driving. I'm not looking for F1 class but anything else would be fun.

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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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http://www.skipbarber.com/

Probably can find cheaper though.
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 01:21 PM
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he's in Sweden.
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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True, we live in Sweden but the school can be anywhere. The missis and I see this as vacation and consider this racing school to be "quality time". We would gladly go to the US or other places around the world for this.
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 10:40 PM
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Check out Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School. In Nevada, not too far from Vegas. They have Corvettes!
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 08:36 AM
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Bondurant and Barber are both excellent schools... I would highly recommend either one of those.

Bondurant was still using Mustangs when I was there about ten years ago... They switched to Corvettes a few years back.

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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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If you care to come to Canada check out Mont Tremblant near Montreal, Quebec. It is a major tourist center with many attractions. One school is linked below without endorsement as I have not used their services. There are others if you use Google.

http://www.tremblantactivities.com/e...car_school.asp
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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If you want to have some stock car fun - try the Richard Petty driving
experience. Located at most major tracks thru out USA. After a half
day of instruction I drove Lowes motor speedway at 130 mph- and yes
that wall is very close. ( For the package I got you could drive 8 laps-
the first few are scary, then you get used to it and the ride is done.)
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Originally Posted by PRNDL
Check out Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School. In Nevada, not too far from Vegas. They have Corvettes!
Near Vegas? I can feed all my addictions in one glorious week.
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Originally Posted by jontis
I'm looking for a track driving school where amateurs are taught to drive cars on the track with instructors, theory lessons and track driving. I'm not looking for F1 class but anything else would be fun.

Any suggestions appreciated
jontis, please check out the Spring Mountain website that will tell you all about our High Performance Corvette Driving School. We use C6 Z51 6 speed manuals, C6Z51 6 speed automatic paddle shifter and the fabulous C6 Z06s.

We are located about 45 miles west of Las Vegas Nevada.

Don't forget to ask for your Corvette Forum $150 discount, code CF07.

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Originally Posted by jontis
I'm looking for a track driving school where amateurs are taught to drive cars on the track with instructors, theory lessons and track driving. I'm not looking for F1 class but anything else would be fun.

Any suggestions appreciated
First, get hold of a few racing magazines. They will have ads in the back. I know that there were several in England, at Brands Hatch, Snetterton, and Silverstone. With them, you can actually race, which many track schools do not do in the US. You have to read carefully the description of each school if you are looking for racing instruction with the goal of a license or simply the goal of learning to drive better.

Getting an FIA license was easier in Europe than the US and that lets you race in many areas.
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