2009 ARCA Race School

Another Season for fresh blood

 

I am instructing this year so I didn’t bring out a real camera. I took some quick snap shots. This is Group B (Group B is behind me).

For the event I was suckered volunteered into getting brooms and supplies (spare extinguishers) that were at Whissel Contracting shipping container.  Ofcourse, this wouldn’t be a big deal until the organizer looked at the ACR and gave a “WTF” look – “You have a cage in that car?”. To which I answered back – “and you don’t?”.

In the end, I borrowed Super Dave’s  3rd gen Prelude (talk about OG) – what a fun car to drive.  I met Jared at Whissel Contracting to grab the keys. To which Jared says, “Hey, I know you, you’re Phil’s kid”. Talk about being a small world. My dad’s owned a  ice cream shop and manufactured Ice Cream – Phil’s Ice Cream.

 

 

The first day is always about the basics.

• Knowledge transfer
• Car handling basics
  • Introductory
  • Auto-slalom
  • There is less emphasis on driving with greater understanding  what driving is
• Lots of different instructors in varied disciplines (some good some bad)

Mark, Taras, and Andy came out to apply for their competition race license.

I forgot to mention also

The school was a lot more personable having people I know take the school. It was interesting to hear everyone’s take on what they learned and what frustrated them.

The second day is about:

• Applied knowledge
  • Driving on the track
  • Putting some of the knowledge into practice

Keep in mind after the race school. It’s just a first step into driving better. It’s a not a license for speeding… So I’m told 😀

Some more photo’s of the event can be found here.