Suggestions to improve driver skill

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.

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.

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

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

How about this?

http://www.johnbowedriving.com/pages/general/default.aspx

proper car control takes years to master, I would suggest anything that offers cheap 1/2 day car control sessions, especially those associated with motoring groups, not to be worth much. Start young and practice. Or if its too late to start young, then practice.
Finish the car, then go use it in a safe and controlled environment. join a car club and participate, choose one that has a strong competition side and compete. Dont try and win on your first outing, that will probably either damage your car or you and incur the wrath of your club mates. try Motorkanah, as stated above its an excellent skill based/building event which teaches car control, but more importantly car reaction. Most drivers do not know what a sliding car feels like until its too late, in this environment if the cars not sliding your not doing it right, and thus you learn not only how a car reacts but what to do when it does it!
Try sprints as well, these are single car timed events on a circuit. much faster, but there is runoff. Most clubs will not allow you to be too silly, there are rules and behaviour standards, these will be enforced as the clubs cant afford accidents etc as event insurances, licencing and venue hire is expensive enough, and many people have been doing it for years so much knowledge on car control and setup. many run driver 'training' sessions for novices. Try hillclimbs, ost's, kanah crosses etc. Do not try it on the road!
Most of all respect yourself and your car, as well as everyone else out there at the same time and have fun, learn at your pace and dont get willyy, or you will damage your car or yourself!

Cheers,

JP

Hi guys,All those comments are all very positive and are all good ones.Santa its not all about horse power,its about driving skills practise makes perfect. dont rush it,It will happen in time.But drive as much as you can in any event,Thats called learning.All the best santa...