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Burning Brakes
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From: Bend Oregon
Do Spring Mountain
Guys, just got home after the Spring Mountian "Ron Fellows" driving experience. It's so worth the investment of your time and extra money.
Totally a class experience and a great time meeting and driving with others Z owners across the land. GM is paying 60% of the cost... What a bargain.
Do it. Find the time
C
Totally a class experience and a great time meeting and driving with others Z owners across the land. GM is paying 60% of the cost... What a bargain.
Do it. Find the time
C
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Le Mans Master
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From: Redmond WA
Why do you think it's only a few C7 owners taking it (ie: what do you base that on)? They seem to sell out well in advance even in bad weather...
They run 2 classes at least, so 40 people, twice a week, so 80 people, and if it's year round that's 4000 people they can put through, as a back-of-the-napkin guess.
Last edited by davepl; Jul 24, 2016 at 10:05 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: League City Texas
I'm considering doing this however is it super basic stuff? I've been doing HPDE events for over two years and have nearly 2,000 track miles in that time. I'm by no means a pro driver, but am decently fast. So if it is basic stuff like the racing line I'm not sure how helpful it would be to me. But if it goes into more depth in vehicle dynamics and more advanced techniques like trail braking, I could always improve those aspects.
Le Mans Master
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I'm considering doing this however is it super basic stuff? I've been doing HPDE events for over two years and have nearly 2,000 track miles in that time. I'm by no means a pro driver, but am decently fast. So if it is basic stuff like the racing line I'm not sure how helpful it would be to me. But if it goes into more depth in vehicle dynamics and more advanced techniques like trail braking, I could always improve those aspects.
I've taken several day schools before locally. I open lap but when I want to introduce someone new (wife, son) I've re-taken the intro class with them. So I've done more intro classes than I know what to do with, and they amounted to Day 1 of Spring Mountain. Day 2 is better.
They do cover trail braking, and they spend a lot of time talking about vehicle balance, not upsetting it, and so on. But in reality you're dealing with a group of 16-20 people of wildly varying abilities and experience levels.
Worst case you get a lot of track time in Z. On Day 2 you'll do 4 track sessions of about 6-9 laps each. Whether that's worth it to you only you can say. It was to me. But next time I'd want to start at Level 2.
Drifting
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From: Zion NC
I would definitely go again. It's 1k and you are beating up on someone else's car.
Between insurance and registration I spend about 1k per event with my car. That doesn't cover wear and tear and expendables.
Between insurance and registration I spend about 1k per event with my car. That doesn't cover wear and tear and expendables.
Last edited by ElCid79; Jul 25, 2016 at 02:50 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Redmond WA
That's a really good point - I was speaking from a standpoint of no discount, for some reason. Other than airfare, I suppose, when the class is discounted like that it's pretty much a no-brainer to, as you say, drive someone else's car hard for a couple of days. You'll only get partial laps at your limits, as there will be a lead car that has to get out of your way, but they're good about doing it if you're fast out of corners (not just hot into).
Last edited by davepl; Jul 26, 2016 at 12:48 PM.