Craig,
Something that might interest your wife, if the local options don't, is
the "Ladies Day Autocrossing School" that has been held in the past in
Southern California. I'm not sure if it's still on or not, but someone
on this list may know... My wife sure appreciated the format of women
students/instructors, with their SO's shagging the cones all day...
(What us guys are willing to do to get our SO's hooked too!)
-Bill Davis
"Craig Haggart, Accelerator Ops" wrote:
> 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 cars about with total
> abandon (yes, she got this idea while watching ME!). Any
> suggestions for a school for her?
>
> I've heard of the Evolution school (used to be called McKamey
> or something like that), but their web site doesn't show them
> being in this area anytime soon. Also, they don't list the
> cost. In my experience it's a bad sign when somebody who's
> selling something doesn't tell you how much it costs.
>
> I've also noted that NASA and SCCA each have an a-x school on
> their 2001 event calendars, but I couldn't find any actual
> information about the schools. Can anybody tell me about them?
> (The schools, I mean, not the organizations.) How are the
> instructors? I would like to go to at least one of those
> myself.
>
> By the way, I attended the SCCA high performance driving school
> at Thunderhill last summer just after buying my fun little
> roadster, and I had an unbelievably good time. My wife went
> with me to watch, and she told me that she definitely is not
> interested in something like that.
>
> --
> -Craig Haggart
> haggart@slac.stanford.edu
> Sunnyvale, California
> 1996 Miata
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