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My sone did the 2-day course 10 years ago Posted by RonD [Email] (#2620) [Profile/Gallery] (more from RonD) on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:29:56 In Reply to: Skip Barber 1 day Performance Driving School, SoxSAAB, Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:00:07 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
We gave him the 2-day course at Laguna Seca as a high school graduation present in 1999. He had expressed jelousy about my stories of skid recovery and braking practice in frozen parking lots in northern Minnesota when I was his age. As TonyM mentioned, they used Dodges then (Dakota pickup V8s for skid control, Neons for most other things, Vipers for graduation autocross).
The course completely changed his driving. He was criticizing my cornering lines after the first day, and an amazingly competent driver by the second day - looking ahead, aware of what the car was telling him, attentive to everything that was going on. I was more comfortable riding with him than almost anyone I knew with 30 years experience.
I'm hoping to give a course to myself as a retirement present someday.
Ron
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