Seeing as my car is getting close to completion I have been thinking about improving the driver. What are some god types of events to attend. I have been giving two schools of thought with the blokes I intend to compete with.I have never driving anything with 200hp let alone a something stripped out and with more[:I]

1. Just get out there and poo poo yourself when every one goes blasting past you will learn quicker.

2. Go do some first and second gear work around witches hats to learn some car control.

Thoughts please

Football season is all most over.
Just don't use the cricket oval now.

Option 2 is a safe bet, But.
A defencive driving coarse is great with rustproofing as well.
The V8 experience is a very cheap way to get a run. with a tutor in the passenger seat.

see if u can let yourself loose on a skid pan..

thats the way i learen't to drive, without saying to much ive pulled off some pretty risky stuff...

all the free time i had, when i was at home before i got P's i would drive around my parents driveway/property, and when it was raining, i would go nuts.. nearly smacked up my escort atleast 5 times, but now i can handle any unexpected loss of traction

If you haven't been to any sprint/track days, go along to afew as a spectator first and see what it's all about. Have a chat to a few competitors - most are only too willing to offer helpful hints for your first time out.

Once you think you've got it sussed, just dive in, but if you can do your first event with a few friends it makes it much more enjoyable - swapping stories is what it's all about.

You won't be driving at ten tenths on your first time out, nor your second, no matter how much horsepower you have. You will get a feeling of what you can and can't do after every lap and only improve as you go. Your lap times will drop at a very rapid rate to begin with as you become more confident, then you can start experimenting with different lines, braking points and car set up to drop them further.

Just go for you it, you will learn a lot and have a ball.

RAC driver training centre days are a lot of fun. big flat open area, so any "off" are just very save-able. theres an instructor there who goes with you in your car to give you tips, and they can mix and match the course around to keep it exciting. around $60 for a half day session too, if i remember rightly.

Just get some driving lessons off maxrs's Mum. Apparently she's as good a driver as Ken Block is. [%]

Ladies do make better drivers, they listen.

Don't have a "Baby on Board" sign affixed to the vehicle. That seems to detract from a person's driving ability.

MOTORKHANAS! best why to learn slow car control! then once your happy you can slide/flick/monever the car around at low speed move on to sprint days ect!

How about this?

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