abodyjoe
Well-Known Member
so last week during rylee's spring break we took her to Arizona to attend the three day advanced teen driving course at Radford racing school.
now she us only 16 years old. only driving with her learners permit since January.
we arrive, check in (that was the easiest check in I've ever experienced). they do about a half hour in the classroom. just telling them some history of the place and what to expect.
then they take them out and pick their car. they are all hellcat challengers in different colors. then they all get behind the wheel. rylee has never driven with no one in the car with her and is very inexperienced mind you. she is also the youngest there and the only female.
they start with panic swerving. then learning how to use the antilock brakes and still steer. then a slolem course. they also put her in that drunk car thing. that thing may have made me sick. the class was from 8am to 3pm fir 3 days.
by day three they had her driving a manual trans (not on any of the tracks), doing autocross, and oval course and a 1.1 mile big track. it looked fun as hell. i couldn't believe how different she was driving from day 1 to day 3.
she was the only teen there those days. they threw he on the track with all the other guys who have 30+ years driving experience which surprised me but she didn't crash unto any of them. lol. she had basically 1 on 1 with the instructor who was really Good with her. everyone there was great. her instructor kept pushing her to be faster, more aggressive while still being in control.
her instructor took jamie and i out for a ride on the oval in his hellcat charger. holy cow that was cool. freaking car is a rocket. drifted through the turns.
on the last day after jamie and i got back to the track after checking out some local sites we saw rylee on the big track. to me from where we were it looked like she was going kinda slow. the instructor aske if we wanted to see how she was doing. back in the charger we go. he gets on rylees bumper and let me tell you she isn't doing that course slow at all. 80 or so moh on the straight away and faster then I'd be comfortable in the many turns.
one of the days another student who happened to be retired navy saw that rylee was wearing a navy tee shirt and asked if she was going in. she told him about being in the sea cadets and how she is becoming a chief petty officer in the next week or two. he ended up telling jamie that we are doing a great jub raising her. lol
we get home Thursday around dinner time. i have to run to the store, she asked to drive. holy crap we created a monster. i had to remind her that there are speed limits. lol. the difference in her driving is amazing. so much more confident and decision making is much faster. wasn't cheap but i think well worth it.
now she us only 16 years old. only driving with her learners permit since January.
we arrive, check in (that was the easiest check in I've ever experienced). they do about a half hour in the classroom. just telling them some history of the place and what to expect.
then they take them out and pick their car. they are all hellcat challengers in different colors. then they all get behind the wheel. rylee has never driven with no one in the car with her and is very inexperienced mind you. she is also the youngest there and the only female.
they start with panic swerving. then learning how to use the antilock brakes and still steer. then a slolem course. they also put her in that drunk car thing. that thing may have made me sick. the class was from 8am to 3pm fir 3 days.
by day three they had her driving a manual trans (not on any of the tracks), doing autocross, and oval course and a 1.1 mile big track. it looked fun as hell. i couldn't believe how different she was driving from day 1 to day 3.
she was the only teen there those days. they threw he on the track with all the other guys who have 30+ years driving experience which surprised me but she didn't crash unto any of them. lol. she had basically 1 on 1 with the instructor who was really Good with her. everyone there was great. her instructor kept pushing her to be faster, more aggressive while still being in control.
her instructor took jamie and i out for a ride on the oval in his hellcat charger. holy cow that was cool. freaking car is a rocket. drifted through the turns.
on the last day after jamie and i got back to the track after checking out some local sites we saw rylee on the big track. to me from where we were it looked like she was going kinda slow. the instructor aske if we wanted to see how she was doing. back in the charger we go. he gets on rylees bumper and let me tell you she isn't doing that course slow at all. 80 or so moh on the straight away and faster then I'd be comfortable in the many turns.
one of the days another student who happened to be retired navy saw that rylee was wearing a navy tee shirt and asked if she was going in. she told him about being in the sea cadets and how she is becoming a chief petty officer in the next week or two. he ended up telling jamie that we are doing a great jub raising her. lol
we get home Thursday around dinner time. i have to run to the store, she asked to drive. holy crap we created a monster. i had to remind her that there are speed limits. lol. the difference in her driving is amazing. so much more confident and decision making is much faster. wasn't cheap but i think well worth it.
Now that's a memorable Spring Break
