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Detroit, 4:05 AM
Mon Nov 23
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I HIGHLY recommend the class - it was way too fun! And like Wes said, they treat you like adults, not kids.
Personal experience - didn't feel much understeer, but did manage to get myself in the gravel once in the carousel! #jalopnikvsgm
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Still, good PR for both parties involved. #jalopnikvsgm
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The concept behind the traction pie is pretty useful. Great for motorcycle education, actually.
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" The original Bondurant curriculum did not, to the best of my knowledge, advocate trail-braking, and neither did Skip Barber. They do now, of course. On the street, we don’t trail-brake because such a technique depends on consistent traction conditions." #jalopnikvsgm
10/27/09
Last month, when I returned to driving school, I went to one about 2,600 miles away from where I live.
Wanna know why I traveled an extra 2,500 miles each way to go back to driving school?
Easy.
Skip Barber sent me out in a Formula car that almost had a front wheel and hub assembly come right off the car during our first lapping session.
Skip's crack mechanics cleared a car that did not have all its front suspension bits attached.
As it was I had to limp back into the pits with the wheel flopping wildly, help in place by a less-than-complete set of links.
(I understand liability and all that, but) No one at Skip Barber ever apologized to me about this.
Not one of the instructors.
Not one of the sales people.
No one in customer service after I mentioned this in the after-class "satisfaction" survey.
No one thought to apologize.
So now I make a point of telling people that I would happily fly six hours for another high performance driving class, but I won't drive an hour and a half for one. #jalopnikvsgm
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Full Disclosure: Skip Barber provided me with this racing school free of charge because they really want Bob to lose. Or, Wert's just very nice at asking. Either way.
I bet that Wes's ass and Ray's charm was too hard to resist. And I bet he signed one of these for free. #jalopnikvsgm
10/27/09
I'm guessing Bob's had a driving lesson or two himself...... #jalopnikvsgm
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He's the real deal haha.
I was more joking that they could claim you're a ringer now just to be safe, but I don't see that happening.
I'm jealous of the free class though for sure. #jalopnikvsgm
10/27/09
If he can't beat Lutz,
Nobody can!
*shake pom poms* #jalopnikvsgm
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