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1. Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: "Gary Davis" <GDAVIS@gp.usbr.gov>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:09:28 -0700
I have two sons (15 and 16) that insist they want to learn to race cars. I would appreciate some advice on the proper way to allow them to get some experience to see if this is really something they
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00895.html (7,405 bytes)

2. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:00:52 -0500
I would > appreciate some advice on the proper way to allow them to get some ? This just isn't an issue of racing, but more importantly an issue of public safety! That said, one of the more recognis
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00896.html (8,880 bytes)

3. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:55:05 EST
- - - - - - - - - - - - I suggest that you get in touch with your local SCCA region and get them memberships. They can get all the experience they need that way. You can get a family membership that
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00897.html (8,015 bytes)

4. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:06:11 -0500
So the real question is, does learning to race at a young age create drivers who drive responsibly on public roads because they know how to drive, or does it create drivers who drive way to fast and
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00901.html (8,014 bytes)

5. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:47:52 -0600
Good question -- and I can apply only one data point. My daughter first drove on the track last summer. She was 16. We participated in a driver's school hosted by the Alfa Romeo and Ferrari clubs. Th
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00902.html (9,248 bytes)

6. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: James Nazarian Jr <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:47:34 -0700
I think it depends if the kid is taught that it is absolutely inappropriate to drive as a racer on public streets. If you respect what you are doing (racing) and you have a decent head on your should
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00904.html (8,817 bytes)

7. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: "Valerie Stabenow" <hlub34a@aeroinc.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:53:03 -0600
Start them with your local SCCA autocross/wheel to wheel organization. the other option, though pricey, is a professional driving school...Bob Bondurant, etc. I did a one day with Skip Barber, it was
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00905.html (8,332 bytes)

8. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@avaya.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:55:34 -0500
Karts. Not sure about the sponsoring groups, and locations, but I have a brother-in-law who races up and down the east coast. They all kinds of classes and speeds; my nephew who is 15 races, and one
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00906.html (8,053 bytes)

9. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: Chris Thompson <ct@cthompson.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:56:17 -0500
I asked a loaded question, I already knew the answer to. It's an answer that, unfortunately is applied to many questions. "How good a parent are you, how well have you raised your children?" ________
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00907.html (8,408 bytes)

10. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:12:34 EST
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - If the people teaching racing to the young'uns do their job correctly, the kids will "race on the track, not on the street." BTW, that saying is painted on our SCCA equipm
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00908.html (8,161 bytes)

11. RE: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: "Gordon Bird" <gordonbird@flashmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:04:36 -0500
Rick, I agree with you on the driving schools. I, my wife and daughter have attended some Quattro events and they are very instructional as well as letting you learn by thrashing your car around. Lik
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00919.html (10,347 bytes)

12. Re: Really Amateur Racing (score: 1)
Author: Bulwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:15:05 -0600
There have been many professional drivers, Senna from F1 comes to mind, who started in carts. "Gocarts" that is. Perhaps that's an option. Blake
/html/mgs/2001-02/msg00926.html (7,375 bytes)


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