Bondurant School of High Performance Driving

[twobjshelbys]

Another forum member asked me about the class and driving his own Cobra. As I mentioned earlier, the heel-toe downshifting thing seems like it will be difficult to master and without it you really won't get full enjoyment. Also, after three days on the Corvettes with all the nannies - ABS, traction control and stability control - to help correct mistakes, I would feel that trying to drive any other car to the same performance will be difficult unless you're already experienced.

In my talks with the one instructor who did know about this his recommendation was the last half of the last day of the advanced class. I say this for two reasons, one as noted above, and the second being wear and tear on your car. I'd not be too concerned about the track itself - there are some tire walls but they are on the straights with plenty of space around the turns so if you do go off the track it wouldn't be too big of a deal.

The big deal is wear and tear - Bob himself when I asked about this in December strongly encouraged me to wear down his tires and brakes. I thought it would be fun to drive the car on the track after learning a lot, but I wouldn't want to substitute my car (no matter what it is) for the class.