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Originally Posted by MikeSTI
I like the idea of having a class SECCS day then  . We can all get are training done and have some fun for those that are interrested? When do they have classes scheduled or is it anytime? |
Not a bad idea! We could probably get in touch with the school and try to schedule a 1 or 2 day class. I wouldn't mind taking the next class.
Here's the site for the school:
http://www.e-t-races.com
It's put on by Elieen Thomas aka "ET". She was the one that banged up Gary's car with her Spec Miata before the Reno-Fernley USTCC race, IIRC.
The instructors were pretty cool, and clearly know how to drive very well. Our instructor for the beginner class was Vic. I guess he used to be a test car driver that would just go out and pound production vehicles into the ground on race tracks for endurance testing.
Todd was his side kick, and was the one doing all the drifting. He was the one that put on the drift school at ThunderHill in January that the S-Squared crew went to.
The only things I didn't like about the course, was that the instructor didn't do any ride along instruction, and sometime (esp. at the skid pad) it was hard to understand what it was he was looking for us to do in the car. For example we did a little cone exercise on the skidpad before hitting the track, and I still don't know what he was looking for out of us... I guess he just wanted us to exhibit some level of car control and understanding of weight transfer before we got out on track, but he never explicitly said so. My guess is that he's one of those people that knows so much about racing/car control it's harder for him to teach the very basics since it's all second nature to him already. But I'll bet there's a *ton* we can learn from him at a higher level.