[z28barnett]

I am interested in taking a 2-5 day race driving school. Road racing holds the most interest for me.

I have done a little checking, Bob B. looks interesting, Skip Barber, and so on.

I live in Missouri, so central part of the country is easier for me to get to.

Anyone have sugggestions or horror stories about the schools?

The insurance on the schools cars is also a factor, some will cover you and others just limit the out of pocket to 4-6K kinda expensive. It is like HMO's are running driving schools.

I put the Koni DA's on, so now I would like to be able to use them. :drive:

Thanks

Z28

[Doug Phillips]

Doug, have you been to that school or do you know anyone who has? The schedules sound very interesting and Toronto isn't very far from Detroit.

I attended a Driver Search program a few years ago before they moved from Shannonville. Fastest single lap out of three 20 minute sessions won the full 12 race package. There were only six of us.

As it was a competion, we were given no instruction and ran the course backwards to remove any track experience. The first dayy we had about five 20 minute sessions in the Camaro. The second day we switched to the F2000 and ran three sessions in the morning befoe the test.

Absolutely fantatic. They give you a car all your gear and a couple of mechanics to take care of you. Very professional and I would highly recommend it. I know a few people that have done the courses and you can read the pros that have been there also.

They are now at Mosport, about 1 hour north west of Toronto, but do not use the big track. They have a development course for the training and run the races there also (much safer for learning). The track is rented out for Solo 1 and club lapping. I have lapped at this course many times and there is lots of run off but still hase some elevation changes that make it interesting.

By the way the guy that won was a full second faster than the rest of us. He was on the four day course and traded in the last day for the test. Not really fair considering he had a lot more seat time in the car. It was a blast nevertheless!