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Old 10-04-2006, 09:24 PM
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Went to Mid-Ohio

Attended the Acura High Performance Driving Course at Mid-Ohio yesterday! What a heck of a good time that was (and all on the dime from a vendor from work )
They started with an early chalk talk and then an early lap on the auto-x course (best time by yours truly out of 26 people!).
We then broke into groups to do auto-x (several minutes, lap after lap can wear you out), slalom, braking excercise and a civic skid car excercise (think sliding on ice). They even let us each do a few laps on the auto-x in a Hinda S2000, which was a complete blast.
The end of the day was a follow the leader (instructor) around the actual track for close to an hour. Topping that all off was a two against two, two lap sprint (instructors driving, student passenger). Totally crazy how those guys can drive. My driver was passed by the other instructor on the lane out of the pits. He got behind him and, with my encouragement, was bumping him down the straight at about 95 mph and then passed him on the bottom turn. We had a good laugh on that...
All in all, a great day.

It was unreal to see that many TXS's, especially on the track. They were fitted with the A-spec packages, roll bar, 5pt harness (differant seats might have been better) and rear sway (what brand, I'm not sure).
Also, a few were outfitted with exhausts by Corsa and sounded really nice. I called Corsa today and learned that they aren't offering them yet for sale and are using the Mid-Ohio cars for testing/development. The guy promised to call back when they will be for sale.

If anyone has a chance to participate in the course, I'd recommend it. I can now take the second tier course which is mostly all track time (follow the leader and then lapping).

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http://www.midohio.com/school.aspx
Old 10-04-2006, 10:51 PM
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You lucky ...
Old 10-04-2006, 11:10 PM
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nice. i don't see much honda courses in NY. the bmw cca courses are great too, those instructors will make you look like a rookie on the tracks. it's the best $400 you'll ever spend!
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I think I kind of fell for this wheel. The school cars all had them (in 17'). Sooo nice
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Originally Posted by MattJP
Attended the Acura High Performance Driving Course at Mid-Ohio yesterday!
green with envy!
Old 10-05-2006, 08:01 PM
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Sounds like fun. I live an hour south of Mid-Ohio in Columbus. I have been thinking about taking a course. I have been up there a few times, the last being the last Champ Car race that was up there.
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glad you had a blast, i wanna go there too =(
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I found that they included a 50% off coupon for a driving program of choice good til the end of the year. If anyone is interested, let me know...

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Originally Posted by MattJP
I think I kind of fell for this wheel. The school cars all had them (in 17'). Sooo nice

i like the a-specs too but the 06 stock rims aren't too bad either.
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