what's a good book on driving for first-timers?
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what's a good book on driving for first-timers?
I'd like to be able to recommend a good book on driving to first time students as "homework". I have a couple of books I like but of the ones I have none really seem to be aimed at a beginner. In particular, "Going Faster" has a lot of emphasis on trail braking, which I'd rather not have students learning with ME in the car 
Any ideas?
Joel
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Any ideas?
Joel
PS. I had a great time at the THSCC event
THSCC r000lllzzz!!!
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Re: what's a good book on driving for first-timers? (guy smiley)
Secrets of Solo Racing : Expert Techniques for Autocrossing and Time Trials
by Henry A. Watts.
It is on http://www.amazon.com for $10.47 ! A great starter book.
by Henry A. Watts.
It is on http://www.amazon.com for $10.47 ! A great starter book.
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Re: what's a good book on driving for first-timers? (davidnyc)
Secrets of Solo Racing : Expert Techniques for Autocrossing and Time Trials
by Henry A. Watts.
by Henry A. Watts.
also the skip barber book. i have both and i found them to be very informative.
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Re: what's a good book on driving for first-timers? (svt_coupe)
In particular, "Going Faster" has a lot of emphasis on trail braking, which I'd rather not have students learning with ME in the car
Edit: And it's by Carl Lopez, not Skip Barber.
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Re: what's a good book on driving for first-timers? (guy smiley)
Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving.
Good stuff - not *too* much for the first timer, but still a must read for anyone doing this stuff.
--Karl, who has a $2000 copy autographed by Bob himself
Good stuff - not *too* much for the first timer, but still a must read for anyone doing this stuff.
--Karl, who has a $2000 copy autographed by Bob himself
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Re: what's a good book on driving for first-timers? (krshultz)
For a book that covers the basics and gets a bit into more advanced stuff (but not too much into it like "Going Faster" or "Drive To Win")... I must wholeheartedly recommend "Sports Car and Competition Driving" by Paul Frere. It was originally written decades ago, but updated in the early-mid 1990's IIRC. It's only like 150 pages long, so it's not going to mire a beginner in too many details. Plenty of pages are spent on things like proper driving position and driver improvement mindset. Basic principles like oversteer/understeer and the friction circle and so on are covered simply and efficiently. As I'm concerned it is the best beginner book available (although, to be fair, I haven't read the Bondurant book that Karl mentioned, which is excellent also I'm sure).
PS- Click here for more info:
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=GDFR
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/aut...who=Paul_Frere
Hope that helps,
Jon
PS- Click here for more info:
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=GDFR
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/aut...who=Paul_Frere
Hope that helps,
Jon
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