info on track schools

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I live in sacramento california and am planning on starting auto-x in april. I am looking for info on track or performance driving schools in the area that are moderatly priced. Also would it make more sense for me to start auto-x before a driving school or will it help me out or does it even matter? Finally I am looking for others in the area who already auto-x to talk to about what i should do and know for my first time. I have checked out alot of stuff online but i would still like to talk to someone with first hand experiance.thanx.

[NarutoRamen]

What's up man...It's Raman. Hey I got you're email and I'm down for some Auto-X action. I don't know much about Auto-x-ing so I'm as much in the dark as you are. I'll ask a few friends who want to join.

Later,

Raman B.

[L8APX]

My first autocross was in 97 and I have done dozens.

Here's what I recommend.

Autocross first, it will get you used to the "FOCUS" in 40-60 second burst. Any seasoned autocrosser will tell you that for that run nothing else is there but you, the car, the cones, the flag stations and two sets of laser beams. On the track you need that focus for 20-30 minutes at a clip. It is mentally exhausting so get a good night's sleep, you'll need it.


Autocross will also teach you to "Tuck it back under" or catch a slide, back out of understeer and steer with the gas at a safe controlled setting under the watchful eye of an instructor. Those same skills apply on the street, track, autocross, heck even snow.

Your first event, go to registration in the morning and ask for an instructor. They will holler someone's name and you will have someone to walk you through your first day, get you through that sea of cones and give you the bug for autocrossing. 99.9% of SCCA, BMWCCA,PCA Autocross instructors are cool people.
From there the sky's the limit.

Always ask the instructors for rides, they are the best part. It's all about the control......

Take an instructor whenever possible, the learning curve is steep but short in the begining.


Have fun,

[Matthew C Smith]

I autox'd first, but found it to be a little too short to really get to learn much of anything. So I did a driving school. It was teen based so it was pretty basic, but it taught me the real basics of car control as well as got me some good seat time. Then I did a few more autox's and found them to be much more enjoyeable because I knew what was going on and what I was doing right and wrong more so.

Instruction is the key at the start!

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Thank you to L8APX and Matthew C Smith info is very helpful. I am planning to auto-x during spring and summer then in the fall do a track school. Again thank you for your advice.