Happy Birthday to Me!

Maybe it’s just because I’m getting “old” and needing some excitement in my life, but I have always wanted to attend a racing school… and I’ve made the decision that I’m going to do it. Today I signed-up for a 3-Day Bondurant Grand Prix Road Racing class.

The course includes time on the skid pad and on the track in a Corvette! The goal is to gain maximum car control. Exercises include heel-&-toe down shifting, skid control, braking techniques (ABS and non ABS exercises), accident avoidance, and weight transfer.

On track they cover cornering techniques, early and late apex points (the racing line) and the quick way around the track… all the way to mock starts, real use of SCCA rules, racing etiquette and racing flags.

The course is held at the Bondurant School near Phoenix, Az. I was looking at some of the local schools (Skip Barber at Laguna Seca and Jim Russell at Infineon Raceway), but decided I liked the course offered by Bonderaunt more (and the 25% off holiday sale didn’t hurt). I figure this is a great opportunity for me to get away and use the free airline tickets and hotel rooms I’ve been racking-up with all this travel for work! Now all I need is some time away from work to take the course…