my 1st skid school!

leo95se · 02-24-2012, 09:15 PM

signed up for a skid pad school at lime rock on 4/20. im hoping i get out before then, its been sooo long, but i am looking forward to this. a nice change from the track experience, and a possibility to get a feel for drifting, i hope.

ive im brave, ill return to LRP the next day, or wait till the following weekend for other events. time to plan!

anyone here done skid schools? comments?

ChrisAW · 02-24-2012, 11:00 PM

Is this like a driver safety school? I'd think going to the track is more rewarding.

JAJ · 02-25-2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisAW

Is this like a driver safety school? I'd think going to the track is more rewarding.

What I've heard from professional drivers is that skid school is the best way to learn to handle a car at the limit. Basically, the skid car you learn in runs on a set of casters with the regular tires barely touching the ground. You have to use the steering and the power to control it with almost no grip at all. If you can drive a skid car, you can drive anything. I'd do it in a heartbeat if it was offered here.

leo95se · 02-25-2012, 06:53 AM

We are using out own cars, but without traction control and with a wet course. Same concept it sounds like. Car control is my takeaway, especially for entering into messy situations. Not something you go out of your way to practice on a track.

ChrisAW · 02-25-2012, 11:17 AM

That sounds like a lot of fun!

bigjae1976 · 02-25-2012, 12:01 PM

Nice! I need something like this!

W Cole · 02-25-2012, 12:25 PM

Sounds like a lot of a fun. I wish they had something similar in SoCal.

LiM3y · 02-26-2012, 08:48 AM

Leo - I will be at the same event...white M3 sedan "M.PWRED"...see you there!

02-24-2012, 09:15 PM	#1
leo95se Captain 126 Rep 938 Posts Drives: '09 e92 M3, '15 F15 X5d Join Date: May 2009 Location: CT iTrader: (3)	my 1st skid school! signed up for a skid pad school at lime rock on 4/20. im hoping i get out before then, its been sooo long, but i am looking forward to this. a nice change from the track experience, and a possibility to get a feel for drifting, i hope. ive im brave, ill return to LRP the next day, or wait till the following weekend for other events. time to plan! anyone here done skid schools? comments?
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ChrisAW Rear Admiral 14 Rep 316 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW M3 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: St. Louis iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	Is this like a driver safety school? I'd think going to the track is more rewarding. __________________ --Chris --2011 e92 M3
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02-25-2012, 06:53 AM	#4
leo95se Captain 126 Rep 938 Posts Drives: '09 e92 M3, '15 F15 X5d Join Date: May 2009 Location: CT iTrader: (3)	We are using out own cars, but without traction control and with a wet course. Same concept it sounds like. Car control is my takeaway, especially for entering into messy situations. Not something you go out of your way to practice on a track.
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02-25-2012, 11:17 AM	#5
ChrisAW Rear Admiral 14 Rep 316 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW M3 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: St. Louis iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW M3 [0.00]	That sounds like a lot of fun! __________________ --Chris --2011 e92 M3
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W Cole Major 145 Rep 1,130 Posts Drives: 2009 M3 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Newport Coast, CA iTrader: (5)	Sounds like a lot of a fun. I wish they had something similar in SoCal.
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02-26-2012, 08:48 AM	#8
LiM3y Major 70 Rep 1,339 Posts Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CT iTrader: (5)	Leo - I will be at the same event...white M3 sedan "M.PWRED"...see you there! __________________
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