i'm goin to the jim russell techniques of racing school at infineon this august. i'm looking foreward to it, and since i get a scca membership out of it, i'm gonna start autoxing my integra. i'll make further decisions about what to do racing wise, upon completion of the school. so let's hear it from the experienced guys, anyone ever been? heard anything about it? any advice? thanks.

 

seems like driving a open wheel car and spending $3k and also worrying about crashing it and having to pay more doesn't sound like great rookie idea. Since memberships for both Nasa and the Scca are not that expensive maybe you should invest in that and preparing the car that you are going to actually race. Track events with Nasa and solo 2 events in my opinion are a great way to sharpen your skills and cheaper. Well good luck either way

 

my opinion is the best learning is done by driving the fastest car possible, so if you have the $3k then go for a open-wheel school like Jim Russell/Skip Barber.

Of course any seat time is a good learning experience and if you mainly plan on racing your integra then knowing how it drives will be important.

 

or join scca driving shcool forlike 70 bux

 

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not the same.

 

$3000+ might be overkill for autocrossing, but if you can afford it, go for it! Just know that the SCCA license that you are getting out of it is for road racing, not autocross. For autocross all you have to do is pay the $60 or whatever it is for an SCCA membership.

 

I did that school at Sears Point (I still prefer the real name over Infineon) in 1999 and enjoyed it quite a bit. I had been racing for many years so I did not walk away with as many lessons as the first timers but I still had a great deal of fun, enjoyed a new track and open wheeled cars, etc. I have done a few other professional schools as well and the Russell one ranked well within the group.

Don't be a hero, go in with your head on your shoulders and listen attentively to the good instructors and be a good student. You spend some time doing rudimentary heel and toe and shifting practices and make sure that you try hard and make it work as later in the weekend you get to use the many little lessons in full course runs.

Theya re full days with lots of seat time so don't be out too late each ight partying and drinking as your next day activity will suffer. Have fun. This is a great way to see if racing is something youa re interested in and the cars and track are fun.

Can you spend less money elsewhere? Certainly but this is a pretty serious emursion into the activity with your focus on nothing but learning and enjoying.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX Lee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I did that school at Sears Point (I still prefer the real name over Infineon) in 1999 and enjoyed it quite a bit. I had been racing for many years so I did not walk away with as many lessons as the first timers but I still had a great deal of fun, enjoyed a new track and open wheeled cars, etc. I have done a few other professional schools as well and the Russell one ranked well within the group.

Don't be a hero, go in with your head on your shoulders and listen attentively to the good instructors and be a good student. You spend some time doing rudimentary heel and toe and shifting practices and make sure that you try hard and make it work as later in the weekend you get to use the many little lessons in full course runs.

Theya re full days with lots of seat time so don't be out too late each ight partying and drinking as your next day activity will suffer. Have fun. This is a great way to see if racing is something youa re interested in and the cars and track are fun.

Can you spend less money elsewhere? Certainly but this is a pretty serious emursion into the activity with your focus on nothing but learning and enjoying.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the advice.

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autocross isn't my focus. i figured i'd do it because i got the license but, but since i'm not getting the license i thought i was, nevermind then.