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Racing schools-My annual post

  Amit,
      I have attended both the BMW driving school from Skip Barber and 
the 5 day racing school from Jim Russell. They were both good. The BMW 
school taught more on street driving and how to control your car in a bad 
situation.  The Russell school concentrated more on racing technique 
and driving.  Of course, the Russell school, I thought, was funner, due 
to the fact that you drive race cars and not sedans(ANY sedan feels like 
garbage after a few days in a 900 pound race car).
   I found the Russell school a little nerve-racking because many people 
were faster than me and the profuse tailgating would usually push me to 
screw up(Tailgating took on a different meaning out there).  However it 
was exhilarating.  One of the other students there had a new M3, so the 
fun didn't end after the track closed:-)
  Randy