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Re: Driver's School

To: "Ken Gano, home" <triumphs@consolidated.net>,
Subject: Re: Driver's School
From: Steven Benford Jr <sbracing@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:07:24 -0800 (PST)
Ken,
 
I agree totally with everything Gary has said.  Especially the part about being 
wiped out after a full day of Council school.  I have done two schools with 
Coucil.
 
Please note that there is a mandatory class room session the Sunday pervious to 
the weekend of the actual school at the track.  The location is the Ramada Inn 
in Beloit.
 
Also, there are quite a few of Effoeteers who are members of the Madison Sports 
Car Club.  You must join one of the affiliated clubs to become a Council member.
 
Like so many other "firsts" in our lives, you never forget your first school.
 
Thumbs Up,
Steve

Gary & Gretchen <garygret@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Ken,
If you have a car and your interest is wheel-to-wheel racing or on-track 
autocrossing, you can't go wrong with the Midwestern Council schools at 
Blackhawk Farms Raceway. They're only $155 + MC membership and you're so 
whipped by the end of the day you can hardly get out of your car. 
Ride-a-long experienced instructors, lots of track time, pointers from the 
instructors who watch you on the track. You get an MC Novice license upon 
successful completion, which I believe is accepted by most Midwest 
organizations. I go to the schools most every year just for the track time. 
You're just beyond the deadline for the April one but there are two more 
June 11 and Sept. 17. The MC web site www.mcscc.org is in the middle of 
moving so it's a little out of date, but the school info "Entry Form 
2005.PDF" can also be found at 
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MC-Members/files/ where you'll need a 
(free) Yahoo account to get it. Any trouble and I can email it to you.

We're far from the only game in town. VSCDA also has a school June 17 before 
their Father's Day weekend at BFR. SCCA has schools in the Midwest but I am 
told they tend to take themselves a little more seriously. If you have way 
too much money, you can take a Skip Barber school at Road America.

Regards,
Gary Schneider, MC member
37 EP TR4

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Gano, home" 
To: "Friends of Triumph" 
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: Driver's School


> Ok, all this talk has me fired up. Where would one go in the Midwest, and
> what can one expect to spend, for a good driver's school?
>
> Ken Gano

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