Schools....

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

"Haley, Doug" <HaleyD@yankelovich.com> asketh:

> So last weekend was my daughter's 16th birthday.  Sweet sixteen and... (I 
> don't want to know).  Actually, I feel that having a  teenage daughter is 
> kinda like fattening the sheep for the wolves...

I'm  about 8 years behind you...and I hear you.......

> Has anyone any direct personal experience with a great school that would work 
> for a non-racer sweet young thing?  Looking for raves/pans/anecdotes and a 
> warm feeling that I'm not wasting my money.  Cost is trivial compared to her 
> life.  What's the best choice?

Having been to the Bondurant School (2-day) I can attest that it's 
good in teaching the following concepts and motor skills:

1)  Weight transfer
2)  Skid understanding and control
3)  Cornering with use of trailing brake

It is oriented more to track than to highway skills, so the emphasis 
is on car control - not on what others around you may do.

I'm sure Eric can supply into/opinion on "El Skippy"......
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