Day 2 Update.
Sorry for the delay all. Yesterday was a brutal travel day. When I finally made it home, it was just dinner, drink, and bed. My new bed in the dungeon as I start my 14 day isolation.
So our group had a great meal Tuesday Evening after Day 1 at the Winery. I highly recommend this venue. The food was good. Even though we could only order non-alcoholic drinks.
There is a back story here on the ownership change and the dispute over the need to apply for a new liquor license. I guess the learning moment was don't pick a fight with the licensing folks.
So Day 2 involved more track time. The groups were re-shuffled for Day 2. So half the class went out to the track for more lead/follow exercises. While the other half went out for the Autocross Course. I can say that for the novices, with each lap on the 1.5 mile west course it gets better and faster. Now we are never allowed to get crazy and at all times the instructor is in the lead car. The lead cars were all Camaro's. I am guessing so that we could all identify the instructors easily.
The track times were never timed. We did get the track preloaded on the SM supplied 16 gig SD cards. The only timed event was the Autocross. The course was setup with orange small cones. If you hit a cone you loose seconds on your time. So each of the groups of 6 had their own autocross timed events. Only the top three in each were announced. Sorry guys I did not make the top three in our group. I think I hit a cone.
On the second day they send in a course photographer to take photos of us all. They have a photo package along with big prints available. We all took the digital package which had a price of $150.00 now because we were a group of 10 we received a 10% discount.
The two days were great. I think it would even be better if they added a third and fourth day. It is a lot to take in for just two days. More track time in the cars would be better. I would have gladly paid more. But I am not complaining. The time is great fun and I certainly recommend this for all C8 owners.
The team of instructors are great. Young guys that all know what they are doing.
So things to consider:
1) Photo package as a keepsake is a consideration. Digital high resolution files of at least 25 shots of you on the course for $150
2) frame available at the gift shop for your Certificate and Name Badge $40 US
3) Shirts and caps and lots of apparel items available in the shop.
4) Tipping of Instructors - I am not sure if everyone tipped but for sure many did. They share in the group and there are six support instructors. I left $100 as did others, do as you wish.
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Our class photo. The waiting for delivery of our respective cars was what brought us to this event. Great group of guys here. We had fun!
