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Old 05-05-2009, 02:35 AM
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Default Dipping a toe in the deep end

I just spend the weekend doing the WCMA/ARCA race school (similar to the SCCA in the US) weekend to qualify for my amateur race licence.

The weekend was like a DE but still was a hoot.

I have no pictures to post but part of the course was to do 3 practice rolling race starts and I posted the video of this on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTd9y-pqQZs

Enjoy and look for me as a back-marker at a race track near you soon.

Marc
Old 05-05-2009, 02:40 AM
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I'm glad you had a great time. I also enjoyed my first race school. I'm not getting the street car thing though.
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just did my first rookie race this past weekend. It only gets better
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There were a lot of cars on that track! Nice video Marc, it has be nerve racking racing around all those people. Good luck with everything.
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Congrats! That sounds like fun . . .

. . . and looks a little like the freeway around here at rush hour! :-)
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Marc, congratulations on the steps to obtain your license and for sharing. Seems like a steep learning curve.

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(video: How I wish folks did their freeway driving...)

Congrats!
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nice to watch how everyone gets on the gas progressively earlier in each vid as their confidence grows
Good luck Marc, i am very envious !
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Originally Posted by Mark J
nice to watch how everyone gets on the gas progressively earlier in each vid as their confidence grows
Good luck Marc, i am very envious !
Yeah, and everyone seemed to lay on the brakes pretty well one run umber 1 after the finish line so I hung back a little on runs 2 and 3 so as to not run into anyone!

Marc



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