MAN!!! How'd you manage that???? Christmas present? I am soooo
jealous!!! :-]
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 12:42 PM
Subject: JIM RUSSELL CURED MY COLD!
> Well, my body is pretty bruised up, and I can't lift my arms, but yours
truly
> just completed the "Techniques of Racing Course" put on my the Jim Russell
> school at Sears Point last weekend. But, I was really sick on Friday, the
> first day, and today, I'm practically cured. So, it was worth the bruises.
>
> I have no idea if this will really help my autocrossing. I suspect I might
> slow down, maybe for a little bit, but what I did get from this, besides
some
> excellent driving instruction, is confidence. It's just one more
experience,
> something that allows me to feel a little more secure in my abilities,
which
> is something I've always questioned.
>
> I'll write a review later, but I just want to say that if you can swing
the
> price tag, you were ever thinking about it, just go for it. You won't
regret
> it. You drive pretty much all three days, though there is some classroom
> discussion on Friday. But even that was done very well, just to the point
and
> clear, and even entertaining, which I never thought could ever be possible
> talking about geometry. These people really know their stuff.
>
> I know some people might think, "Well, I'm already a good autocrosser,
what
> could I POSSIBLY learn from this?" And to that, I would say if that's what
you
> think, then probably not much. Personally, I didn't go in thinking that. I
> knew this would be overwhelming, I knew that I know nothing about
roadracing,
> about really driving at speed, that this would be completely new, even
> intimidating, and it certainly was. Whatever autocross experience I had I
knew
> just couldn't compare to what these roadracers know. But this acceptance
than
> I'm just an empty sponge made me more receptive, and I dropped TONS of
time
> from beginning to end, and my boosted my confidence. What felt fast in the
> beginning felt slow and controlled by the end, and I was STILL dropping
time.
>
> Autocrossing is still by far the most economical and safe way to learn the
> limits of your car, but if you're the least bit curious, and if you have
the
> means, and you want to learn in a safe and encouraging environment what
it's
> like to really race on a track, I would strongly recommend the Jim Russell
> school. Also, I must add that I was the only female there, and no one had
any
> idea that I had any autocross experience (until I kept blabbing about it),
and
> they STILL treated me as if I deserved to be there.
>
> So, if you've ever wondered, and if you have the means, I would go for it.
>
> More later...
> Katie K.
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