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Originally Posted by bape_sta206
Nope... Any advice for a newb?
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For a first timer, I'd recommend a BMW CCA or Porsche club HPDE. They will keep you safe out there...good instructors for the most part.
You may have to take the prerequisite "car control" clinic if you haven't already done so. Most of the car clubs require a car control clinic before going onto the big boy track. With the right mindset it can be kind of fun - slalom course, skid pad, braking exercise, etc.
However, I will say that the CCA car control clinic is not nearly as fun as it used to be when it was held over at Bremerton. I took mine over there...you spent the first half of the day doing the basic car control exercises, but in the afternoon and evening they set up 2 large autocross courses and let you run your car through as many times as you wanted. It was really fun!
Now they hold the car control at Pacific Raceways in the large parking lot....not nearly the same as Bremerton (not enough room for the autocross). So, it's gone downhill quite a bit in my opinion.