[Land-speed] Driving skills

[joseph lance]

I'm not sure what kind of skills you're thinking about developing or what 
kind of driving school experience you would expect.

I recently did the one-day Chrysler SRT driving school that's run by Richard 
Petty people. It included autocross, drag racing, and the road course at the 
BeaveRun racing complex in Waumpum, Pa. Tested my skills (such as they are), 
learned some, and it was a fun experience. Thought it was worth the cost 
(especially since my son paid for my $500 ticket).

I put together a document with photos describing our SRT experience, if any 
body wants to see it I'll be glad to email it to you off-list.

Lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk at ala.net>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:46 PM
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?
>
> Keith