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**FETorino** · #1 05-02-2012, 10:25 PM

I've been thinking my past racing experience is pretty rusty and before I get my car running I'd like to go back to school.

I've raced some mountainbike, motocross, streetbike, stand up jetski and karts but never cars. Keith Code school was my only formal training.

What do you guys think of Bonduraunt or another school for one of thier one day courses? I'm looking to keep the cost within reason so don't tell me to fly to Europe to train with the Stig.

Vegas69 · #2 05-02-2012, 10:39 PM

You're going to need it.

**FETorino** · #3 05-02-2012, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

You're going to need it.

It's just a big FAT version of my shifter Kart right

Vegas69 · #4 05-02-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FETorino

It's just a big FAT version of my shifter Kart right

You sound like me, experience with a bunch of fast stuff. Your biggest challenge is going to be finding the balance in your chassis and getting the experience under you belt in your car at multiple events. Remember, you aren't jumping on an engineered and tested product. You are the engineer and tuner with a 40 year old boat.

**FETorino** · #5 05-02-2012, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

You sound like me, experience with a bunch of fast stuff. Your biggest challenge is going to be finding the balance in your chassis and getting the experience under you belt in your car at multiple events. Remember, you aren't jumping on an engineered and tested product. You are the engineer and tuner with a 40 year old boat.

Your dead on on that.

But it's not a boat it's a race car just ask Richard Petty

Dialing it in will be more complex than track width adjustment and tire pressure on the shifter. That is a huge reason I think I should get some instruction and track time in an engineered and balanced car before I jump into the unknown.

It's gonna be like Chuck Yeager in the rocket plane. It should work but you really won't know till you strap in and take the ride.

I've got time. Its gonna take me time to finish this thing

**GregWeld** · #6 05-02-2012, 10:47 PM

Bondurant is by far the best technical training school you're going to get....

They have a very proven (boring) base building way of training -- but -- and this is the big butt -- when you get on track and show that you can actually drive and have paid attention to what they're telling you -- THEY WILL HELP YOU GO FASTER... the instructors there TRULY want you to go faster.

Some schools (shall remain nameless around Las Vegas area) are more "pay your money for an adult play school"... so you might get more "seat time" - but they won't help you go faster. HUGE DIFFERENCE. Just huge.

Bondurant WANTS you to go fast and they'll work on you and break it all down and if you're fast enough - the instructors will come out and PUSH you harder. Gotta love that!

**FETorino** · #7 05-03-2012, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Bondurant is by far the best technical training school you're going to get....

They have a very proven (boring) base building way of training -- but -- and this is the big butt -- when you get on track and show that you can actually drive and have paid attention to what they're telling you -- THEY WILL HELP YOU GO FASTER... the instructors there TRULY want you to go faster.

Some schools (shall remain nameless around Las Vegas area) are more "pay your money for an adult play school"... so you might get more "seat time" - but they won't help you go faster. HUGE DIFFERENCE. Just huge.

Bondurant WANTS you to go fast and they'll work on you and break it all down and if you're fast enough - the instructors will come out and PUSH you harder. Gotta love that!

Do their track cars run Intros?