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Corvette
General Corvette Discussion
Ron Fellows Performance Driving School-Would you consider going?
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<blockquote data-quote="DavidWG" data-source="post: 308042" data-attributes="member: 3145"><p>It is amazing how much they cover in two days. Although you spend much of the time on the track, the skid pad and the auto cross track you are learning skills that are very applicable in everyday driving. As an example in 2018 I was driving my 2017 Grand Sport on the infamous "Tail of the Dragon" mountain road in Tennessee (318 turns in 11 miles). Have done it many times over the years, mostly on motorcycles. On one of the turns we met another C7 coming in the opposite direction. He was going too fast and the car was understeering a fair bit as C7s do when at the edge of their limits. He panicked and froze holding the steering wheel in the same position. He came across the center line and struck us in the middle of my driver's door and destroyed the Grand Sport's drivers side and tore off the rear suspension. Air bags went off but fortunately no one was hurt. I asked him why he didn't just give more steering input to get his car around the turn and he admitted he panicked and froze. Had he taken the Spring Mountain course he would have recognized the condition and had the confidence to realize that the C7 does understeer when pushed but that with a bit of steering input it can be corrected. The auto cross, the skid pad and the high speed track exercises at Spring Mountain teach you so much about what the car is capable of as well as the actions you can take if you do get yourself in trouble some time. My real learning this second time at Spring Mountain this past November was just how aggressive you need to be on the brakes to set yourself set up for a high speed turns. Even though I'll never track my C8 and even though 99% of my driving is touring I will do Spring Mountain for the third time when I get my next Corvette. By then I may be in my 80s as I'm 77 now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidWG, post: 308042, member: 3145"] It is amazing how much they cover in two days. Although you spend much of the time on the track, the skid pad and the auto cross track you are learning skills that are very applicable in everyday driving. As an example in 2018 I was driving my 2017 Grand Sport on the infamous "Tail of the Dragon" mountain road in Tennessee (318 turns in 11 miles). Have done it many times over the years, mostly on motorcycles. On one of the turns we met another C7 coming in the opposite direction. He was going too fast and the car was understeering a fair bit as C7s do when at the edge of their limits. He panicked and froze holding the steering wheel in the same position. He came across the center line and struck us in the middle of my driver's door and destroyed the Grand Sport's drivers side and tore off the rear suspension. Air bags went off but fortunately no one was hurt. I asked him why he didn't just give more steering input to get his car around the turn and he admitted he panicked and froze. Had he taken the Spring Mountain course he would have recognized the condition and had the confidence to realize that the C7 does understeer when pushed but that with a bit of steering input it can be corrected. The auto cross, the skid pad and the high speed track exercises at Spring Mountain teach you so much about what the car is capable of as well as the actions you can take if you do get yourself in trouble some time. My real learning this second time at Spring Mountain this past November was just how aggressive you need to be on the brakes to set yourself set up for a high speed turns. Even though I'll never track my C8 and even though 99% of my driving is touring I will do Spring Mountain for the third time when I get my next Corvette. By then I may be in my 80s as I'm 77 now. [/QUOTE]
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