Me too. I would very much like to flog someone else's P-car on the track.

But, seriously, the quality of instruction at the P-car school appears to be superb. The possibility of getting someone like Hurley Haywood as an instructor is well worth the price of admission.

I have heard very good things about Skippy too. Bondurant was also excellent. Did their 4 day course + a day of their shifter karts. Derek Daly (did a one day advanced course) also was first rate and has the advantage of being located in Sin City.

If you're on a budget (not really likely given that most of you own TTs), the Jim Hall II Kart school is also excellent and way less expensive. I did their intro course and a day of shifter karts. The karts are really a blast. Imagine the acceleration of a TT with your butt only an inch off the ground, and cornering speeds that rival mid-to-higher end open wheel cars.

Of course the regular DEs (NASA, P-car, BMW, etc.) are relatively inexpensive too. However, the quality of instruction varies consideribly from region to region, and even instrutor to instructor. And, unless you rent a racer, you put your own car at risk here.

 

Last time at the track driving a highly modded 996TT for the first time ever I spun the car once after giving the car too much juice. Although after having the car recalibrated, it's less likely to do that now.

On the other hand, I lapped faster times than my driving instructor. Go figure.

What sucked about the POC event is that I would frequently get into a traffic jam with slower cars.

Two of our fellow canyon slammer buddies went to the track and both took their class wins their first time at the track. By the second time, our buddy set the course record for a Boxster.

 

Sorry to keep responding so many times. Just an interesting topic...

I can relate to what Hamman says. There are some drivers who are, for whatever reason, naturals. Put them in a car and they can go fast with virtually no training. Out here I run across 1-2 a year in DEs and racing series.

Others require some training and hard work to come up to speed. The chief instructor at the Derek Daly School (Bob ??? arggh... forgot his name, used to race IMSA, F3, etc.) once said the exact same thing to me. He and I both agreed that we, unfortunately, fell both into the latter category. But, his successes at some of the highest levels of the sport prove that racecraft can be learned even if it does not come naturally.

Despite what Hamman says, however, the majority of drivers fit into the latter category (with Bob and I). They are not fast and not safe without training and seat time.