Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!elsie!cvl!eli From: eli@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Bondurant Driving School--Request for Info Message-ID: <1196@cvl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 13:07:18 EST Article-I.D.: cvl.1196 Posted: Fri Feb 7 13:07:18 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Feb-86 04:14:56 EST References: <196@druhi.UUCP> Reply-To: eli@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 88 In article <196@druhi.UUCP> jhs@druhi.UUCP writes: >Does anyone out there have the mail address and/or phone number >for the [Bob] Bondurant Performance Driving School in California? >I've been checking the ads in R&T and Car & Driver mags, but >have found only ad info for the Jim Russell schools in California, >Canada, and UK. I know Bondurant does advertise from time to time, >but can't find any recent ones. > >Also, has anyone out there attended either school? If so, could >you pass on your impressions of the courses, what they cost you, >etc.? > >Thanx in advance. > >-- Jeff Shore @ AT&T-IS, Denver > ..!ihnp4!!drutx!druhi!jhs or (303) 538-4195 (w) > (303) 457-4420 (h) Before you take his course, you might like to take a look at his book. Its called, "Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving." Its published in 1982 by Motorbooks International Publishers and Wholesalers, Inc., P.O. Box 2, Osceola, Wisconsin, 54020. Its 142 pgs and I picked up my copy for ~$12 at the local Crown Books. The first chapter deals with his own driving career; sort of a "why I'm qualified to teach you how to drive." Then, throughout the book, he puts in little plugs for his course, and is constantly telling you why its better than the other courses. Overall, its a pretty good book and deals with everything from proper seating position to getting a racing sponsor (if you decide you like you like to drive so much that you want to do it for $$$). Unfortunately, though he pretty much fully explains the "hows", such as the "mechanics" of proper high speed cornering, the book is a little short on many of the "whys". Anyways, in the back of the book, he lists a couple of driving schools in N. America. So with out further ado, I shall just list them as he does on p. 139. Driving Schools Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving Sears Point International Raceway Highways 37 and 121 Sonoma, California 95476 Telephone (707) 938-4741 Bertil Roos School of Motor Racing Pocono International Raceway Box 221-T Blakeslee, Pennsylvania 18610 Telephone (717) 646-7227 or 646-3174 Bill Scott Racing School P.O. Box 190 Summit Point, West Virginia 25446 Telephone (304) 725-4071 Skip Barber Racing School 1000 Massachusetts Avenue Boxboro, Massachusetts 01719 Telephone (617) 263-3771 British School of Motor Racing Riverside International Raceway 22255 Eucalyptus Avenue Riverside, California 92508 Telephone (714) 656-3576 British School also located at Laguna Seca International Raceway. Jim Russell International Racing Drivers School, Canada Box 119-AC9 Mt. Tremblant, Quebec J0T 1Z0 Canada Telephone (819) 425-2739 Anyways the list is about 4 years out of date so I won't guarantee any of the addresses or phone #s. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: eli@cvl, eli@lemuria, eli@asgard, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: eli@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!eli