> One widely held opinion is that you should try at least 2 or 3 events
before taking a school.
there has also been an instructor program at the regular events. many
people dont feel comfortable just going and driving the first time by
themselves. in most sports the first step is lessons and people naturally
carry this expectation over to motorsports. ive also been told they dont
want to look stupid (slow) in front of our whole gang of tire shredders.
significant others are often not the best instructors for the partner, so
this is another way to get started.
also, you can ask pretty much anybody to ride with you and instruct
casually. styles vary from katie's "be the car" to my "scream really loud
so they hear you".
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Vernon Head <vhead@fuelrtm.com>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Autocross school?
> Tony:
>
> I've been priviledged to work on the Autocross School for 4 years now, and
I find it to be very helpful to drivers of all kinds. Any seat time is good,
but the seat time the school provides is a chance to try some new methods
that competition wouldn't normally allow. I don't know about you, but when
I'm competing I revert back to what I am sure about (a National event is not
a good time to try trail braking for the first time).
>
> One widely held opinion is that you should try at least 2 or 3 events
before taking a school. This does a couple of things. It allows you to get
the basic feel of the sport before delving into more advanced techniques. It
also helps us make sure that the school is catering to serious drivers. If
you just want to try going fast one time then quit, go to Dual at De Anza.
>
> The 2001 school is being held at Golden Gate Fields. This is considerably
smaller than 3Com, and will support fewer students than in the past. That's
ok with me, because I think the schools have been too large anyway.
>
> The schedule says April 28th. I will be soliciting help starting in
January. We'll need setup people and lots of instructors (male and female).
Teaching is a great way to learn, too.
>
> No, we're not taking applications just yet.
>
> -Vernon
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 20, 2000, Anthony Tabacco <atabacco@california.com>
wrote:
> >Craig, your wife will absolutely positively not have a problem feeling
> >comfortable at the annual SFR autox school. It is a very low key affair
with
> >pizza, soft drinks, and cookies thrown in for good measure. You will both
> >get much better at using your car (you can share) by the end of the day.
The
> >price is less than half what others will charge for a day of one-on-one
> >instruction. Next to hosting a couple of dozen top drawer solo 2 events
each
> >year, it is the best thing the autox community does. I wish we could do
it
> >twice during the year. The operative work here is "nice", and it might
even
> >hurt some ones feelings to think that a having a women instructor would
make
> >a difference. At our events, when you register you have to check your
> >testosterone at the trailer anyway ( we keep an empty bin for that ) and
> >secure it with your license until after your runs. OK? See you both
there.
> >Tony
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Craig Haggart, Accelerator Ops" <haggart@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
> >To: <BA-AUTOX@autox.team.net>
> >Cc: <BAMP@CODRUS.COM>
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:17 AM
> >Subject: Autocross school?
> >
> >
> >> Hi gang,
> >>
> >> I'm pretty new to autocrossing. My wife has also expressed an
> >> interest in trying it, but she wants to have some sort of
> >> instruction first. Specifically, she'd like a really friendly,
> >> fun, low-key learning environment. To her, that means women
> >> instructors -- and maybe even an event tailored for total
> >> newbies who aren't up to their eyballs in testosterone,
> >> shrieking with glee as they fling their
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