[Land-speed] Driving skills

[Sparky]

Try driving on slick wet dirt---not gravel---roads or on ice and snow---this 
is sorta tounge in cheek---
      Sparky
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk at ala.net>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:46 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] Driving skills


> Well I've pondered this question quite a bit and wanted to bring it up 
> simply
> as a topic of discussion.
>
> We all assume we are gods at driving race cars... simply cause we're guys 
> (
> for the most part )   My question is how good are we really?  Most of us 
> are
> semi older ( not all of us want to admit that-Tonya signed us up for AARP 
> this
> morning)... our reflexes are what they are... and our experience is truly
> limited to the occasional opportunities that we have each year...
>
> David's recommended a couple of different driving schools to increase our
> skills and Both Tonya and I are interested in doing that...  mostly 
> because we
> think it would be a blast and increase our knowledge base...
>
> One of the things that I can say for both of us is that we don't drive 
> over
> our skill level...  we have a tendency if anything to be a bit 
> conservative...
> but even with that said... what is our skill level and how can we increase 
> it
> with so few opportunities....
>
> Any thoughts on the whole subject?  or anything specific?