RE: Driving School / Some hot laps???

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

How about doing one like this on the east coast? Like mebbe Lime Rock
Park or NHIS?

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

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>From: 	STEADIRIC@aol.com[SMTP:STEADIRIC@aol.com]
>Sent: 	Monday, June 10, 1996 12:22 PM
>To: 	mannlaw@indy.net; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Driving School / Some hot laps???
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>>	Putnam Park is a great track.  It sits about 30-40 min West of 
>>Indianapolis In.  And it got me thinking:  What if we organized a track 
>>day there?  I know Eric has raced there and shares my opinion of the 
>>track [my day there was my first time with a Ducati between the old 
>>knees--wow].
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>It's a pretty cool little track.  Lot's of Indycar teams (Yeah right
>Tony 
>George... Sue me) test there.
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>>	Thought we could get a couple instructors: Eric? Scott? To teach 
>>some real driving tips, maybe even have Dave come up and teach his median 
>>moves.  The school I would like to put on would do the following:
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>>	1.  Really get into the handling of our Audi's
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>>	2.  Be very intensive on the driving stuff--rather than simply 
>>pushing people out on the track and letting them whack walls.
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>>	3.  Be somewhat limited in size, ie., 25 cars or less.
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>>	Any ideas? Comments? Interest?????
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>I "just" happen to be writing a Advanced driving hand book and a
>teaching 
>outline for events just like this.  I think that this is a a great idea
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>and you can definitly count on my help.
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>There is NO need to ever have a car be wadded into a ball at the track 
>like what just happened up at the QCUSA event... With a "instructor" no
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>less.  With a event like this under your belt you would have a better 
>base of knowledge than 95% of the QCUSA instructors.
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>Later!
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>Eric Fletcher
>'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
>St. Louis, MO
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