Best Racing School?

Here's Bondurant's lastest newsletter

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I just got this from Bondurant this afternoon, 'Hot Specials For 2010"

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Thanks for the newsletters. I ought to sign up. A few hundred dollars off wouldn't offset the cost of plane tickets though, compared to Skip Barber. Bummer

JeepinMatt wrote: Thanks for the newsletters. I ought to sign up. A few hundred dollars off wouldn't offset the cost of plane tickets though, compared to Skip Barber. Bummer

Hey, if you're close to a Skip Barber school then that seems like a no brainer. You can't go wrong in either one and if proximity makes it cheaper then go for it.

I don't know if I'm going to go ahead with FAASST. I'd feel more comfortable plopping down a grand if I could hear more people talk about it. Maybe I'll look into NASA SuperComp school. Could someone give me a rundown on that?

JeepinMatt wrote: I don't know if I'm going to go ahead with FAASST. I'd feel more comfortable plopping down a grand if I could hear more people talk about it. Maybe I'll look into NASA SuperComp school. Could someone give me a rundown on that?

Again, it's been awhile for me..but most "club" schools have other "club" members as instructors. I can't speak for NASA, but the instructors at my SCCA schools were Nat'l licenced racers (..I was lucky, Tom Fowler was one of mine back then..) who base whether you pass or fail upon how comfortable they'd be with you in the same race as they are. Also, the "club" schools are often more interested in whether or not you understand their competition rules than they are in teaching you how to drive better (again, at my own SCCA school there was one chalkboard session covering basics-anything more was at the discretion of the individual instructor). And yes, I know NASA's not technically a "club", but they are another amateur racing organization (I don't mean that as an insult, I see NASA as satisfying a need that club racers want, but can't get from SCCA).

IMO, if you're going to spend money on a school, get to one of the big professional ones (Bob/Skip, and I think Bertil Roos still has his up at Pocono). The instruction focuses upon actually driving the car, and often there are great pro or semi-pro instructors.

Spend the money on yourself instead of the car, and you'll be off to a great start.