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May 12th,13th with BMW NCC

Saturday was the highway safety school.  The weather was great.  Sunshine and in the mid 70's.  I had two students.  One drove a rental car a 2007 Infiniti.  It had all the bells and whistles.  The car and the driver did a great job.  The student wasn't afraid to push the car to the limit.  Well, it was a rental after all!  My other student drove a very clean E-30 318.  He was a little more cautious.  He was very proud of his car, as he should be, and didn't want to damage it.  But he completed the course admirably.   It was a fun day for him and his wife, who came out to cheer him on.




Sunday I had 2 students also.  The Infinity student could only do the highway safety school so I picked up an advanced student and kept my novice student from Saturday.  The advanced student was a younger guy in his 20's with an E-36 323.  He was a heck of a driver.  We spent most of the day with trail braking.  This was one of the things he needed to work on.  It was a little rough at first but near the end he was getting the car to rotate nicely.  My novice student did well for a first timer.  We had to work on the usual things, vision and smoothness.  At the end of the day I think he was getting the idea.  Kind of hard to much accomplished in one day but he was working the basics well. 




It was a great weekend for all of us.  There were no incidents and everything ran smoothly and on schedule.  Hat's off to Bill Shook for a great job.  Also a special thanks to Kevin.  He is the new guy that stepped up to take care of pit out and keep the sessions running on time.  He did a great job!




Next time will be at the Shenandoah with Car Guys.  I hope to see you there! 



2007-05-31 20:54:45 GMT