joolz Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 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. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Carrot Steve Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 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 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 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. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euan Hoosearmy Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 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. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Or get instruction on a track day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanH Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 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 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joolz Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Carrot Steve Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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