Sometimes I just got to try something different...... and WOW, the world of car handling on the racetrack is amazing. I finally bit the bullet, made the commitment, shelled out the $, and joined the AUDI car club's 2 day driving skills/handling performance course this weekend at Infineon raceway. I took my little black Audi A3 2.0 turbo and participated in classroom sessions, parking lot drills as well as a decent amount of track time driving with an instructor up and down that technical course. In between driving sessions, I got the passenger seat of some very faaaaaaaaast and smooth accomplished drivers. Yowza...I am now brain dead and overwhelmed with apexes, tracking in and out as well accelerating when you naturally don't want to (like around turn 11) ...
Now, I know the capabilities of that little sporty car, know much better the limits of it's performance....
Looking forward to getting the chance to learn more and do it again....so I better start saving the $$$ :)
posted by Nrjetik1 @ 6:48 PM
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no way! cool!
VERY COOL! If you want to get into this cheaply, you might try autocross. Here's our local scene:
http://www.sfrscca.org/content/view/4555/32/
It's a fraction of the cost of racing at the track. Many autocrossers turn into fantastic road racers, but autocrossing is fun in its own right.
Thanks Katie,
I will check it out when I get more time and experience. too many hobbies that require a bit of $$$ :)
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