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EJ251
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Hey guys, anyone know anything about this driving school?
My friend back in hawaii say's it's pretty good.. http://www.skipbarber.com/ Worth it? not worth it? if it's good, i'm definetly going... anyone interested?
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El Matador
Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Reno, NV
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It's very good, but very expensive, i'd love to go some day.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: SoCal...
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Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac
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Yah Scott wants to go to that also!
I'm sure if you want to really expeirence some top notch instruction at really cool tracks that looks like an awesome ticket. Edit: Are you talking about the Racing School or Driving School? or the Ultra High Performance Driving School? ![]() Quote:
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EJ251
Join Date: Apr 2004
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I think i read on that webpage that the Driving school is more "street car" instruction. The racing school was more of the F1 type.. Not sure about which class teaches what.. but i was thinking more of the driving school and the two day session. (if i'm gonna go down to cali for it, i'm gonna make it worth it)!)
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Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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Talk to Austin (AtomicLabMonkey). He's done the Racing School at Laguna Seca.
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Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oshkosh, WI
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Skip Barber and Bondurant seem to be regarded as two of the best racing schools to attend; I went to the Barber 3-day racing school at Laguna a few years ago. The first day is a lot of classroom time (which is good, don't get me wrong - you don't just want to go jump out on the track at full-tilt-boogie in one of those formula cars if you're a beginner), some autocross around the parking lot in the formula cars to get used to them, and some drills on the track to focus on different aspects of corners. One of the best is the threshold braking drill; they have you line up before T11 and brake right on the threshold of tire lockup while an instructor stands on the track, watches your technique and gives you feedback. IIRC the second day doesn't have much classroom time, it's mostly on the track. You do some laps in the Neons (f4st4r!) with an instructor in the car giving you feedback, and later in the day you're out in the formula cars taking laps. They have instructors stand at each corner station around the track and watch what you're doing. The third day is all on the track, mostly continuous lapping IIRC.
All in all the school is fairly regimented; while you're still learning the car they have max-RPM limits in sessions, things like that - BUT, if you're a beginner I think the regimented approach is definitely the way to go. It's no joke when you're cooking down the front stretch at 100+ mph, if you do something wrong and get the car out of shape (like a beginner with no limits put on them would likely do) you're gonna be hurting pretty bad... not to mention thousands of dollars in debt for cracking up one of their cars.
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Real Name: JC Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Orange, CA
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My step dad went to Russell Racing's race school. He threw a car into the wall going pretty damn fast. Car was totalled and he was fine. He didn't have to pay for it, you get one free there.
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EJ207
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Glad he was alright! Did he keep on performance driving after that?
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Real Name: JC Join Date: Dec 2002
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Of course!
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