[RCG] SCCA Drivers School...
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[RCG] SCCA Drivers School...
Take a look at this...
http://www.scca.org/Club/DriversScho...0&x=030|020&~=
Looks like a fun and inexpensive way to increase driving ability. OK, now who's in? Tommy? Jed?
http://www.scca.org/Club/DriversScho...0&x=030|020&~=
Looks like a fun and inexpensive way to increase driving ability. OK, now who's in? Tommy? Jed?
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RickNot to hijack your thread but have you ever thought about doing this?
http://www.ecta-lsr.com/faq.htm
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RickNot to hijack your thread but have you ever thought about doing this?
http://www.ecta-lsr.com/faq.htm
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Originally Posted by Strick
Looks like fun, but verts probably need a roll bar and that rules me out.
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Here's another link for racing schools.
http://www.racingschools.com/home.shtml
Wasn't Alan Stopko a driving instructor with one of the Charlotte area BMW clubs? Maybe he could set you up with some track time?
http://www.racingschools.com/home.shtml
Wasn't Alan Stopko a driving instructor with one of the Charlotte area BMW clubs? Maybe he could set you up with some track time?
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Originally Posted by Strick
Hey Rick, This ain't cheap in my book. Renting a race car!$$$. Remember, we all aren't marrying a doctor. 
I was referring to the link on that page for the CMP event where you drive your own car...
http://www.ccrsolo2.org/modules.php?...howpage&pid=98
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I could be mistaken but I believe the class you are signing up for is to get a racing lic. You will be running door to door going into and out of corners. That sounds like a lot of fun but I am not willing to do that in my car.
You might want to have a set of bedded front and rear brakes ready to be installed after the second day. CMP is brutal on brakes.
I can go and watch/encourage as long as I don't get sent to work in Asheville for a couple of months.
You might want to have a set of bedded front and rear brakes ready to be installed after the second day. CMP is brutal on brakes.
I can go and watch/encourage as long as I don't get sent to work in Asheville for a couple of months.
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Nitro,
Give some thought to HPDE's at the local tracks. There was one at CMP just last weekend sponsored by the Carolina's Region Porsche Club. We only had 3 'Vettes show up amongst a covey of Porsches.
At these events (they’re all pretty much the same format regardless of who sponsors it) you're assigned an instructor and progressively advanced through the status of beginner, intermediate to advanced as you gain track experience.
These venues don't allow fender banging or any unsafe driving, but it still carries a degree of risk since the speeds get pretty serious. It is a safe way to explore the limits of your car and yet maintain its streetibility. There are a couple of these events going on somewhere in the area every month.
There's a group of us 'Vette guys who attend these things very regularly, so come on down to an event sometime and see what goes on. You might find something that hooks you.
We discuss our schedules/track talk/followup over on the autocross/road racing section.
Give some thought to HPDE's at the local tracks. There was one at CMP just last weekend sponsored by the Carolina's Region Porsche Club. We only had 3 'Vettes show up amongst a covey of Porsches.
At these events (they’re all pretty much the same format regardless of who sponsors it) you're assigned an instructor and progressively advanced through the status of beginner, intermediate to advanced as you gain track experience.
These venues don't allow fender banging or any unsafe driving, but it still carries a degree of risk since the speeds get pretty serious. It is a safe way to explore the limits of your car and yet maintain its streetibility. There are a couple of these events going on somewhere in the area every month.
There's a group of us 'Vette guys who attend these things very regularly, so come on down to an event sometime and see what goes on. You might find something that hooks you.
We discuss our schedules/track talk/followup over on the autocross/road racing section.
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Originally Posted by Falcon
There's a group of us 'Vette guys who attend these things very regularly, so come on down to an event sometime and see what goes on. You might find something that hooks you.
We discuss our schedules/track talk/followup over on the autocross/road racing section.
We discuss our schedules/track talk/followup over on the autocross/road racing section.
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Here is the next Driving school / track event that we are going too.
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/event...ull_course.htm
http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/event...ull_course.htm
