[s-cars] Got Teens? Driving clinic at New Hampshire speedway Saturday

[Evan Levine]

I will 2nd this for Brett - I instructed at one of these for BMWCCA a couple
months ago and it was a GREAT event. I will definitely be helping them out
more in the future, we saw amazing improvement in the kids driving
abilities, especially with understanding traction in emergency situations.

It's also a lot of fun for everyone. My student was a 16 year old girl who's
mother made her take the course. She had no idea she'd be spending the day
hauling through slalom courses, sliding around S-turns, and doing donuts on
a wet skidpad.

Evan

On 8/24/06, Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:
>
> Hey all, the North Atlantic chapter of ACNA is running a one-day
> driving clinic Saturday.  This is a collection of the 'exercises'
> many clubs use to teach car control skills.  Slaloms, skidpad,
> braking box, lane-change/avoidance, etc in a large parking lot up at
> NHIS in Loudon, NH (about 20-25 minutes from Concord, NH).
>
> The club had teenage/inexperienced drivers in mind, but if you've
> wanted to dabble and get your feet wet with some of what a full-
> fledged track even is about, this is as good a way as any (BMW club
> actually requires something similar before they let you on the track
> at all!)  I believe some demonstrations are planned- like how holding
> a cell phone interferes with your ability to control your car :-)
>
> Cost is $100, you do NOT need to be a member, and any licensed driver
> is welcome.  Learner's permits are OK, but ONLY while doing the
> exercises, as NH doesn't recognize learner's permits...and your teen
> should have in-car experience before this clinic.  You don't need to
> "pre-tech" your car like you would for a full-fledged track event; we
> do a basic check of your car when you get there.
>
> Full details (along with the specifics on learners-permit drivers)
> and registration are here:
>
> http://www.naaclub.org/events/36/teen-driver-car-control-clinic
>
> Feedback of any kind is welcome, email me if you have any questions
> or need help.
>
> Cheers,
> Brett
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