Car control training for novice track day driver ??

[joolz]

Hi all.

Mrs Joolz is not short of bravery which is good, but is also the reason she often goes into corners way too fast. On her last track day at Doni she ended up in the gravel because she doesn't know what to do when it starts to slide / things start to go a bit Pete Tong.

I would love to buy her a car control course .. many tracks have such events .. but they are (somewhat bizarrely I  think) geared towards the everyday driver who wants to learn what to do under roads conditions. This isn't really what we are after.

 

Does anyone know of a car control course which is aimed at a novice track day driver who wants to 1) learn firstly how to treat the car in a manner which will extract the best grip and 2) learn how to correct a slide to bring it back under control and then possibly 3) go on to learn how to hold a slide and keep it going ...

 

maybe we could look at a group booking if enough interested parties .. novices only.

 

any help appreciated, many thanks.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

11 minutes ago, joolz said:

Hi all.

Mrs Joolz is not short of bravery which is good, but is also the reason she often goes into corners way too fast. On her last track day at Doni she ended up in the gravel because she doesn't know what to do when it starts to slide / things start to go a bit Pete Tong.

I would love to buy her a car control course .. many tracks have such events .. but they are (somewhat bizarrely I  think) geared towards the everyday driver who wants to learn what to do under roads conditions. This isn't really what we are after.

 

Does anyone know of a car control course which is aimed at a novice track day driver who wants to 1) learn firstly how to treat the car in a manner which will extract the best grip and 2) learn how to correct a slide to bring it back under control and then possibly 3) go on to learn how to hold a slide and keep it going ...

 

maybe we could look at a group booking if enough interested parties .. novices only.

 

any help appreciated, many thanks.

 

I like this idea 👍

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Someone like this can provide just what you need- https://www.donpalmer.co.uk/car-control

 

I did his 'wetter the better' course at MIRA a long time ago in an Impreza. Though MIRA no longer let the public in any more.

 

 

[Euan Hoosearmy]

I've been looking at doing a day with https://drivelimits.com. However, this year hasn't quite gone to plan so I've not been able to book anything.

[Mole]

Or get instruction on a track day?

[DanH]

I have used Andy of AW driver training in the past, you use your own car and explore the limits of grip and how to correct. It's a good course and taught well, he is an ex touring car driver.

I also did the drift course when it was at Donnington but I think they have moved to Silverstone now and also the full day with Palmersport which was amazing and really gave me the confidence to go faster.

 

https://www.awdrivertraining.co.uk/

 

https://www.silverstone.co.uk/drive/caterham-drift-experience

 

https://www.palmersport.com/event-options/full-day

[joolz]

16 hours ago, Mole said:

Or get instruction on a track day?

Ordinarily I would say yes, and instruction is never time wasted you can always learn something, but she's already had 2 lots of instruction at Doni so it's more car control we are after really.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

6 hours ago, joolz said:

Ordinarily I would say yes, and instruction is never time wasted you can always learn something, but she's already had 2 lots of instruction at Doni so it's more car control we are after really.

 

Yes definitely track day instruction and car control instruction are different beasts. The latter you will need if the former goes wrong!