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Old Aug 14, 2014 | 03:24 PM
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So If a person wants to improve their driving skills,
there are autocrosses with no instructors and track time is in minutes.
There are autocross schools with instructors and plenty of track time.
There is High Performance Driving Event/open track days with hours of track time.
There is SCCA/NASA two day racing school, class room and track time.
There is honest to gosh SCCA/NASA races with no instruction, with safety equipment required.

Have I got it right so far?
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 02:54 AM
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pretty much
you will get instructors for HPDE, especially if you've never been out o a track before
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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 05:16 PM
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Hours of track time, plus instructors sounds like the best deal
that I've seen on Tampa Racing.com!-Bob

Where do Tampa Racing.com readers look to find the closest HPDE?

Originally Posted by Niburu
pretty much
you will get instructors for HPDE, especially if you've never been out o a track before
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50's Diner US19.... A Florida Attraction.
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Old Aug 18, 2014 | 03:33 AM
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National Auto Sport Association - Florida Region | Fast fun for everyone!

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Old Aug 20, 2014 | 08:04 PM
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Thanks for posting.
Some are fans of road racing.
Some of our readers are road racers.
I hope you will continue keeping us up to date.-Bob
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Port Richey Rod Run at Coast Buick GMC
https://carstoshow.com/registerevent.aspx?eventid=99114

50's Diner US19.... A Florida Attraction.
1730 US-19, Holiday Fl 34691 click: https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/t...acing.html CHRA sanctioned cruise-in.
Cruise-In; Free; Every Saturday 5-8PM plus 10% off the whole menu to cruisers
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Tampa Racing.com covers the Tampa car scene and supports many fund raisers, worthy causes and events that enrich our community. We hope you enjoy them all.
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 03:12 AM
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Honestly I think everyone should give Autocross a go first.
It's a cheaper, safer, and still challenging way to find out what the limits of you and your car are capable of.
You can hone a lot of handling skills as well without having to worry about people behind or in front of you.
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Old Aug 21, 2014 | 11:38 AM
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I agree, with the addition that an autocross school the day before may give
them some knowledge instead of just going out cold and grinding off some tire
rubber. Maybe the bit of knowledge from the school will give them a good
foundation to enjoy the next days autocross even more.

Originally Posted by Niburu
Honestly I think everyone should give Autocross a go first.
It's a cheaper, safer, and still challenging way to find out what the limits of you and your car are capable of.
You can hone a lot of handling skills as well without having to worry about people behind or in front of you.
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Veterans and Friends
on First Saturday...Some pictures....
https://carstoshow.com/registerevent...eventid=102331

Port Richey Rod Run at Coast Buick GMC
https://carstoshow.com/registerevent.aspx?eventid=99114

50's Diner US19.... A Florida Attraction.
1730 US-19, Holiday Fl 34691 click: https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/t...acing.html CHRA sanctioned cruise-in.
Cruise-In; Free; Every Saturday 5-8PM plus 10% off the whole menu to cruisers
50's Diner pictures are here:
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All Cars Every 2nd Saturday Free Breakfast: Since 2015 and more. click: https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/e...ast-tampa.html

Tampa Racing.com covers the Tampa car scene and supports many fund raisers, worthy causes and events that enrich our community. We hope you enjoy them all.
What do I do? ---- on-site *Aftermarket* spring/suspension installations --- on-site impact wrenching---street lowering with your own stock springs...........True Bi-xenon HID projector headlight conversions........ Much more at Bob's Garage!
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Old Aug 22, 2014 | 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by senor honda
I agree, with the addition that an autocross school the day before may give
them some knowledge instead of just going out cold and grinding off some tire
rubber. Maybe the bit of knowledge from the school will give them a good
foundation to enjoy the next days autocross even more.
very very true

speaking grinding rubber off your tires
THAT is the first thing anyone should upgrade after their first event
if you can afford it, more than anything else a set of dedicated wheels an tires (Hoosier A6's or something like that) will take seconds off your time
nothing will be cheaper or more effective at improving the vehicles performance
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Old Aug 22, 2014 | 07:09 AM
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For people reading this who don't race,
Go here and scroll down for an entire page of car, truck, and bike events on Tampa Racing
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/forum.php
Hope to see you at some of the meets.-Bob
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We used to use autocross schools as a tuning time, and getting the pressures right
on the tires we had, saved a lot of rubber grinding. As we were eating up the stock
tires, we were saving for better tires...lol

Nib, if you could replace/upgrade tires two at a time, what's your philosophy on where
they should go?
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Keystone picture gallery is here:
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Veterans and Friends
on First Saturday...Some pictures....
https://carstoshow.com/registerevent...eventid=102331

Port Richey Rod Run at Coast Buick GMC
https://carstoshow.com/registerevent.aspx?eventid=99114

50's Diner US19.... A Florida Attraction.
1730 US-19, Holiday Fl 34691 click: https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/t...acing.html CHRA sanctioned cruise-in.
Cruise-In; Free; Every Saturday 5-8PM plus 10% off the whole menu to cruisers
50's Diner pictures are here:
https://carstoshow.com/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=93194

All Cars Every 2nd Saturday Free Breakfast: Since 2015 and more. click: https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/e...ast-tampa.html

Tampa Racing.com covers the Tampa car scene and supports many fund raisers, worthy causes and events that enrich our community. We hope you enjoy them all.
What do I do? ---- on-site *Aftermarket* spring/suspension installations --- on-site impact wrenching---street lowering with your own stock springs...........True Bi-xenon HID projector headlight conversions........ Much more at Bob's Garage!
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/b...ontact-us.html
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 03:17 AM
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the front tires for fwd drive cars for sure and probably most awd cars since that is where the power and steering is predominantly going
for rwd drive cars it will depend on the power, if you are putting enough down to instill understeer then put them on the front, if you need more braking put them on the front
if not put them in the back for more speed and grip out of the apex
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