Larry,
How to improve your driving?
SEAT TIME! SEAT TIME! SEAT TIME!
Jeff Snook
www.snooksdreamcars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:20 PM
Subject: Learning to Drive
> We had a one hour Enduro at the CVAR race this past weekend. Bob Kramer
> and I decided to share the driving of my car. Bob is a previous owner
> of the car and a more experienced driver, so I thought it would be
> interesting to see what he could do with it. Sure enough, it took him
> only about 5 laps to get down to my best lap time after two years of
> struggling. He probably would have gone even faster if the race hadn't
> been cut short. So, I'm wondering how to improve. I've been through
> the CVAR school at TWS and a Stephen's Bros. school at Hallet. Both of
> these schools showed me "the line" for that course, but didn't explain
> "why". I'm sure there are those that have natural instincts for driving,
> but I'm not one of them. I feel like I need to understand a bit more
> about the physics of driving. I've read Carroll Smith's book "Drive to
> Win", but it's written for F1 wannabes and didn't do much for me. Can
> anyone recommend books or schools that might help?
> Thanks,
> Larry Young
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