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If any of you guys are looking for a school to attend, I would highly recommend getting into the one at Gingerman, run by CGI motorsports.
I was in a class yesterday, and it was damm fun. They have everybody start in the novice group, which is good, because you get an instructor with you all day, or until they think you're good enough to go alone, and have the capacity to make yourself better without a coach.
A full day of instruction costs 175$, which is actually quite cheap when you factor in the one on one instruction, class time, and 2 1/2 hours of track time. My arms are sore from driving all day yesterday. I think I put 130 miles on my new Z.
If you are planning on something like this, be prepared to go through some tires and brakes. My tires held up great, stock Bridgestone Potenza's. Unfortunately, I killed my rear brakes. After my last session, the rears were just gone, and now the rotors are grooved pretty bad... I should have known better, but at the same time I thought my pads would last more than the current mileage of 2100, track day or not....
It was fun though, so check it out if you wanna haul @$$ and have an educational and safe track experience.
cgimotorsports.com is the website.

I've been wanting to do this. Sounds like a good time.

If you put 130 miles on and it's a 1.88 mile track you made about 70 laps!

Thats a damn good price when you consider what it costs to race karts at a place like kart2kart; without instruction.

I'll back this up. When I was working for Gingerman I would often volunteer as a driving instructor during the CGI schools, its a great way to learn and most importantly its safe.
-mark

how old do you have to be? Because it sounds very interesting.

When I was doing it you had to have a driver's license, if you are under 18 a parent had to be present and sign some waivers. Things could have changed though.
-Mark