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As Andy said in the other thread, put the NHIS school at the top of your list. If you have some driving experience and keep your head out of your a$$, you might get signed off.
Has all the hard work made it worth it??? :D
There is a secret to getting through Big Bend in a low horse power car that they don't tell you at any of the schools. If you use the traditional line that they do in the rear wheel drive, high HP cars, you'll be getting passed there all day long!! ;)
Of course, I'm probably not the one to tell anyone how to drive LRP!! [/b]
Yes, the hard work is worth it!
With some more seat time I will figure out better lines around the track. I have only driven that track in my E46 M3 so I quickly realized that the lines I used will not work in that CRX. I am looking forward to following some ITA cars around to see whats what.
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If you have some options for Driver School, I would suggest that you look to Summit Point, the CRX likes that type of track a lot better than NHIS. I have found that NH requires a lot more torque off the corners thatn the CRX has, and tracks like Summit, The Glen, Road Atlanta, and even Pocono are more friendly, since they have fast sweepers and more momentum corners.
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I am completely open to any track for any school. I want to get it done as early as possible.
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I'd suggest that the track isn't the be all and end all when choosing a school. After all it's not about winning, it's about learnig the system and getting comfortable with the art of driving off line and still going fast, the art of passing and being passed, and the general environment that is a race.
I'd suggest going to the school that gives you solid track time and has a good instructor base in the types of cars you'll be racing (IT). And, go to a school that your crew can be at for the entire event, because having a crew can be vital.
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I have a few gear heads (which I am not) that will be able to help me through school. They will also do through a school later in the seaon. We intend to run an enduro together laster in the season if we can.
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So what you doing with that video camera outside the car?
Are you planning on doing any more HPDEs next year at LRP? If you go to one of the SCDA events, bring the family along and have them take a ride with one of the instructors. My wife has rode with me a couple of times and I was absolutely shocked at how much she enjoyed it.
Where will you be racing the most? If you plan on racing at NHIS a few times a year and maybe only go to Summit once a year, I personally say do the NHIS school. You'll learn a ton about the track from the schools and might as well apply that to a track you'll be racing on more often. If you don't plan on doing NHIS, Summit it is!
Speaking of which....pencil the SCCA Summit Point Labor Day double race weekend down on your calendar. That is such an awesome event - I need to go back there next year for it and drag a few of you guys with me. Oh gesh. Maybe you should do the Summit school then. :lol: [/b]
It is now killing me that I did not have a camera in the car. I made two lists when I was prepping the car. One list was the performance improvements. The other was saftey and reliability improvements. I decided that I would not tackle the performance list until the saftey list was fully resolved. Unfortunatley, the camera mount is on the performance list. It will be under the Christmas tree though.
I did not realize that my wife could get a ride with an instructor. She would love that. She is going to run some HPDE's this summer. She has it in her blood a bit - she used to race endurance bikes in the desert in southern California. I intend to get as much track time this summer as I can. Until I am cleared to race, I will goto HDPE's, mainly at LRP since it is nearly in my backyard.
I think I will be at LRP the most. Depending on scheduling, I would also like to try NH an WG this summer. I did not consider Summit, but I will pencil it in.