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| - I took the 4 day Grand Prix Racing program. Excellent, serious racing preparation. Race theory and car control are taught in the classroom and drilled into you on the track. You perform repetitive exercises to learn heel/toe sifting, emergency race avoidance maneuvers, brake zone set up, weight transfer control and apex exercises. Official races were held between our group where we had to react correctly to the flags thrown. The instructors are racers and very good, they rate your performance daily. 80% of my time was spent on the track driving car, LOT'S of seat time.
There were no restrictions and I drove flat out, on the edge. I did buy insurance which at the time had a $5k deductible per incident. I had no crashes but did have mechanical issues on several of my cars, they immediately brought me a replacement car each time, no problem. I went through two sets of tires each day. I started with new tires in the morning and they had to put on a fresh set while I ate lunch, by the end of the day the second set was toast.
A couple guys brought their personal rides (Ferrari, Aston Martin) and worked a deal to take them on the track, awesome. I stayed at the fantastic Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, right across the street from the racetrack.
My driving skills increased dramatically and it was the best time I've ever had. Highly recommended
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