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Coaching held for racers

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In my local Rekord news paper is the following invitation: Zwartkops Owners Club presents a driver coaching day on Jan 20th. According to Dave Hastie, the day is aimed at the novice who has never enjoyed the track driving experience.(like me). :oops:
The day will consist of a classroom session where the basics of car control, cornering,and breaking techn and track manners(for WooHaa and Snooby :lol: :lol: will be explained.This will be followed by practical sessions on the Zwartkop circut. Interested persons may phone Dave @
0128076644 or 0834180372. Toby, if this person can do it for general novices, what about we organize with him the sx club coaching where we as a club can get coached? 10 x sx's plus and practical on our own. Then from there on you can join the rest on open circuit??
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Then from there on you can join the rest on open circuit??
What you saying, I can't join the lesson? :-)

I sent the guy a message, will let you know what he says.
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ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS :twisted: MUHUHUHAHAHAHA

tell him its The Blind Aids Hungry Orphan Sentra Club

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i'd like some of that!

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Drivers coaching, now that sounds like a plan. Admittedly I haven't bothered with any theory so far, I never actually thought I'd own a turbo car let alone a S14 :)

Having had one or two unexpected drifts was fun but I'm sure it would be even better if I could control her...

I saw drivingdynamics.co.za's s&s on the road (stock with stickers). On the site they say you can organise a group event with lunch and everything.

Having had no previous advanced driving training I don't see how I could go wrong in trying to organise something with them.

Does anyone have any DVD's or ebooks on the subject? I read Toby's driving guide, made some sense but now I have to wait until my car can be fixed until I try any of those stunts.

My favourite and only extravagant maneuver is, I make a sharp corner with the clutch in and go to 2nd then release clutch with a heavy right foot..result: depending on how fast I was going screeching tires and the slight tug as the side comes out a bit..but once I over corrected and swerved all over the place and somehow it went straight..now if I only knew what I was doing it wouldn't have felt so scary, or so fun?

Rationality has taken over though and hence I prefer safety over fun. Well at least on the public roads that is. :shock:

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