[Shotimes] Re: (OT) - The Driver's Edge for Teens

[Donald Mallinson]

Well,

WE have done two Skip Barber Schools and one half assed Bob 
Bondurant school.  But Ford was helping with them, and they 
cost a LOT of money.  I checked out doing one at Road 
America this year in Wisconsin and could not get the price 
down to about $500 per person for a short day if we could 
guarantee nearly 100 drivers!  I knew there was no way.

The Novice class this year is a very good way to get 
licensed drivers some safe track time and help them learn 
car control.

There are similar schools around the country, and you can 
always go by yourself or in small groups and pay the going 
rate of upwards of $600-$900 per day.

Don Mallinson

John Stout wrote:
> Ok what can we as the SHO Community do to help our
> members with something like this, yes tracks are fun,
> but real life situations are better my .02
> --- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
>>FYI,
>>
>>This is a post forwarded from another list, from a
>>very satisfied father and
>>the instruction his 15-year-old got.
>>
>>Ron Porter 
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jon Beatty [mailto:jon@minnetonkasoftware.com]
>>
>>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:26 PM
>>To: 911/993/996
>>Subject: [911] NPC - The Driver's Edge
>>
>>
>>I apologize in advance for no p-car content but I
>>was so impressed with 
>>the Driver's Edge teen driver training my 15
>>year-old attended 
>>yesterday, I just had to pass the word.  If anyone
>>has a new(er) driver 
>>in the house, 15-21 years old, you MUST get to one
>>of these schools.
>>They set up 2 exercises, one was a skid-pad car
>>control exercise using 
>>Camaros and the other was a braking and evasive lane
>>change exercise 
>>using BMW's.  Yep, that's right, they supply the
>>cars and some 
>>pro-drivers as instructors.  A mix of chalk talks
>>and getting the kids 
>>behind the wheel makes for a pretty fast 4 hours
>>but, in the words of my 
>>son "I learned more in 4 hours than I did in 30
>>hours of driver's ed", 
>>it has nothing but an up side.
>>Check them out at:
>>
>>http://www.driversedge.org/
>>
>>Sponsors are paying the tab and they include
>>Bridgestone, AAA and Sprint.
>>Think I might have to buy a new set of Bridgestone
>>shoes for my C4 (P-car
>>content?).
>>Jon
>>
>>
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>>Jon P. Beatty               Phone:      (952)
>>449-0187
>>Minnetonka Software, Inc.   FAX:        (952)
>>449-0318
>>17113 Mtka. Blvd. Suite 300 Internet:  
>>jon@MinnetonkaSoftware.com
>>Minnetonka, Mn. 55345
>>
>>
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>>
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