[Z06] Driving School - WOW
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Driving School - WOW
I just finished my first driving school. OMG, it was amazing. It was held at Phoenix Internation Raceway. I had no idea my Z was a race car direct from the factory. It was everything I wanted and more. I went for a ride in an instructors Z (100% stock) and he drove his even harder/faster than I could ever think of driving mine. I look forward to the next school here in January!
Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post with questions about tire pressure. Dropping the pressure a few pounds really helped.
Thanks to all who replied to my earlier post with questions about tire pressure. Dropping the pressure a few pounds really helped.
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This was a Drivers School where you drove YOUR car. It was actually organized by the local BMW club. So, there were a lot of M3 there, as well as many other BMWs, a few Minis, 3 Z06s and 1 GT3.
BTW - the GT3 was gettting passed all day.
BTW - the GT3 was gettting passed all day.
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Originally Posted by RichardTigner
I just finished my first driving school. OMG, it was amazing.
Hook another one. Richard now you know what a corvette can do. Mods mean nothing if you can not drive your car like the engineers disgined the corvette to be driven.
IMHO unless you race your corvette, you will never fully experience what the car can do. There is a lot of info on other HPDE over in the Autocross and Roadracing forum.
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Now if you really want to get hooked, get your spouse to get out the old checkbook and send you across the parking lot to Bondurants and hone up everything you did at PIR. Lets see, tires, pads, ka *****, ka *****... 
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Hook another one. Richard now you know what a corvette can do. Mods mean nothing if you can not drive your car like the engineers disgined the corvette to be driven.
IMHO unless you race your corvette, you will never fully experience what the car can do. There is a lot of info on other HPDE over in the Autocross and Roadracing forum.
Great advice, just doing some solo II, SCCA parking lot racing was a great experience. I would love to do that Zo6 Racing school in Arizona. Hopefully I get to do the Panoz school here in Ga. some day.
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From: South Elgin IL
Originally Posted by Wolf Dog
Now if you really want to get hooked, get your spouse to get out the old checkbook and send you across the parking lot to Bondurants and hone up everything you did at PIR. Lets see, tires, pads, ka *****, ka *****...
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Hook another one.
The Z is at home on the track. It's amazing how capable this car is out of the box.
I always tell people that unless you've had your car at the track, you have no idea what you're missing.
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Originally Posted by Wolf Dog
Now if you really want to get hooked, get your spouse to get out the old checkbook and send you across the parking lot to Bondurants and hone up everything you did at PIR. Lets see, tires, pads, ka *****, ka *****...
Glad you had a good time.
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Hook another one. Richard now you know what a corvette can do. Mods mean nothing if you can not drive your car like the engineers disgined the corvette to be driven.
IMHO unless you race your corvette, you will never fully experience what the car can do. There is a lot of info on other HPDE over in the Autocross and Roadracing forum.
We had lots of track time on a road course driving the Z4. This car has 225 HP and handles great. I kept thinking what my Z06 would do on this track with twice the power and the same weight...
The Z06 is more than enough car in stock form for just about any type of driving... Keeping the cars balane of braking, handling and performance is more important than just HP.
My son and I placed first and second place... He beat me by 1/100 of a second! It was a great day.. had lots of fun and learned alot about racing.
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Oh yea, had my first experience at BeaveRun two weekends ago, and still can't stop daydreaming about it....
If all goes well, and I get squeezed in, I will be at Mid-Ohio in two weeks for another DE event. Incredible. My car at the same track as the C5R boys were kicking butt a few weeks ago!
gotta get new pads before then, and my F1 SC's will be shot after that......hey who was making that cash register sound?
If all goes well, and I get squeezed in, I will be at Mid-Ohio in two weeks for another DE event. Incredible. My car at the same track as the C5R boys were kicking butt a few weeks ago!
gotta get new pads before then, and my F1 SC's will be shot after that......hey who was making that cash register sound?
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From: Orlando FL
Originally Posted by Gonzo
Great advice, just doing some solo II, SCCA parking lot racing was a great experience. I would love to do that Zo6 Racing school in Arizona. Hopefully I get to do the Panoz school here in Ga. some day.
There is a school here in GA???? Tell me more.........
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I have always said that the best mod one can make is upgrading the nut behind the wheel.
Just wait until your 2nd or third time out (I am sure you will go back) when you know the track and can start concentrating on individual points in the track for braking, turn ins, and track outs. When you start to feel yourself get faster it becomes a whole different world of enjoyment!! But beware... as your car feels perfect now, you will soon want tires, seats, harnesses, brake ducts, brake pads...
Just wait until your 2nd or third time out (I am sure you will go back) when you know the track and can start concentrating on individual points in the track for braking, turn ins, and track outs. When you start to feel yourself get faster it becomes a whole different world of enjoyment!! But beware... as your car feels perfect now, you will soon want tires, seats, harnesses, brake ducts, brake pads...
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Originally Posted by dragon84
There is a school here in GA???? Tell me more.........
Many of us also had a great time up at Virgina International Race way with CarGuys this past weekend also.
Lots of great pictures on this thread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=923522
The Tarheel Sports Car Club is holding a driving school Oct 23-34 at Carolina Motor Sports Part in Kershaw SC
Openings still available in all student run groups (Novice, Int. & Advance) as well as the instructor group.
The Time Trial, however, is full but standby entries will be accepted.
See www.thscc.com (Track) (Events) for details and auotomated
on-line registration at myautoevents.com:
http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae...74648569 45119
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For just about all your High Performance Drivings school info ( east of the Rocky mountains ) visit http://www.trackschedule.com
Also lots of info over in the Autocross and Road Racing forum
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Originally Posted by radz0hh6
How much do you guys pay for the driving school? I looked at Bondurant and its really expensive that i don't think i'm willing to spend right now.
and the time of the year and the day of the week.
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From: South Elgin IL
Originally Posted by radz0hh6
How much do you guys pay for the driving school? I looked at Bondurant and its really expensive that i don't think i'm willing to spend right now.
Anybody know any other DEs going on in the Chicagoland area, like at Blackhawk or Gingerman?
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I paid $350 for a one-day Track Time school at Road America, using my own Z06. A two-day school is double that (and more than double the fun, I'm sure; I'm going for that the next time.) Everything from a Buick GN to an ex-Nissan GTP racer on the track. It was a wild time.
Sorry. I'm not aware of anymore track days this season unless you want to do a test and tune at Gingerman. Speedseekers is having their DE this weekend at Road America (sold out) and from what I understand, it's the last event of the year.
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Originally Posted by xsiveone
What track day did you do? Was it a school or a DE?
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Check them out at www.tracktime.com.
