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Did you study hard? Or were you out all night partying with girls? The ones who studied will know that this thread is all about making the grade. I'm not talking about architecture at the University of Houston (although I hear they have a stellar program). No, not Health and Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. But making the grade on the track. You see, this thread is all about racing schools. It's time to up your game, players! Yeah. Step your game up! But how and where do you do just that? How do you go from a nobody to a somebody in racing? You go to racing school. ANY racing school in the world is perfectly fine. In fact, some of you non-Americans can teach me of new racing schools out there. I'd be interested in programs in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Australia, ANYWHERE in the world. We're talking about racing schools. What are your favorites? Which do have the most respect for? Some of America's racing schools include Bob Bondurant and Panoz Racing School. But I'll begin with a program I've always respected- Skip Barber Racing School. I'll tell you why in the next paragraph to start things off.
The Skip Barber Racing School is the racing school I most respect in America. A number of different racers came here and really made something of themselves out on the track. I remembered watching on ESPN and ESPN2 of the Barber Dodge Pro Series (now defunct, I believe). I learned a bit more about Skip Barber and free to talk about what I've learned. According to their website { http://www.skipbarber.com }, the Skip Barber racing school was founded by a man named John "Skip" Barber. He's an Ivy League boy having been a Harvard English major. He was also one of the American F1 racing talent. Skip would go on to win a handful of SCCA events including two consecutive Formula Ford titles. After borrowing two Lola-made Formula Ford cars in 1975, he founded the Skip Barber School of High Performance Driving. A year later, it was the name we came to know many years from now- the Skip Barber Racing School. Many blue chippers had their fill in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and even in a number of different racing disciplines. Proud alums include (but not limited to) Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Andretti, A.J. Allmendinger, Townsend Bell, Marco Andretti, Todd Bodine, Mike Borkowski, Paul Gentilozzi, my favorite NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon, Jose Guillermo Gidley (Memo Gidley), Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony George, Ted Musgrave, Scott Speed, Lyn St. James... need I go on? Celebrity racers from Skip Barber include Tim Allen, Billy Kidd, Al Pacino, rocker Meat Loaf, Ronald Reagan Jr., NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton, Drew Carey, and Emilio Estevez among others. The operations are at Lime Rock Park, a beautiful New England road course. The course is just under 2 miles in length, but provides some beautiful scenery as well as a challenging track for any level of racing. It looks simple until you race it. You're faced with elevation changes as the simplistic nature turns out to be anything but. The highest level of racing competition for Skip Barber is called Skip Barber National.
Simple. Any driving schools you want to talk about in this thread? You are free to do so as the floor is yours. Type away.
The Skip Barber Racing School is the racing school I most respect in America. A number of different racers came here and really made something of themselves out on the track. I remembered watching on ESPN and ESPN2 of the Barber Dodge Pro Series (now defunct, I believe). I learned a bit more about Skip Barber and free to talk about what I've learned. According to their website { http://www.skipbarber.com }, the Skip Barber racing school was founded by a man named John "Skip" Barber. He's an Ivy League boy having been a Harvard English major. He was also one of the American F1 racing talent. Skip would go on to win a handful of SCCA events including two consecutive Formula Ford titles. After borrowing two Lola-made Formula Ford cars in 1975, he founded the Skip Barber School of High Performance Driving. A year later, it was the name we came to know many years from now- the Skip Barber Racing School. Many blue chippers had their fill in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and even in a number of different racing disciplines. Proud alums include (but not limited to) Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Andretti, A.J. Allmendinger, Townsend Bell, Marco Andretti, Todd Bodine, Mike Borkowski, Paul Gentilozzi, my favorite NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon, Jose Guillermo Gidley (Memo Gidley), Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony George, Ted Musgrave, Scott Speed, Lyn St. James... need I go on? Celebrity racers from Skip Barber include Tim Allen, Billy Kidd, Al Pacino, rocker Meat Loaf, Ronald Reagan Jr., NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton, Drew Carey, and Emilio Estevez among others. The operations are at Lime Rock Park, a beautiful New England road course. The course is just under 2 miles in length, but provides some beautiful scenery as well as a challenging track for any level of racing. It looks simple until you race it. You're faced with elevation changes as the simplistic nature turns out to be anything but. The highest level of racing competition for Skip Barber is called Skip Barber National.
Simple. Any driving schools you want to talk about in this thread? You are free to do so as the floor is yours. Type away.
