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Splat · 05-11-2013, 09:02 PM

I am thinking about doing a driving class at the mid ohio track. Its called advanced driving and runs $400 with my car, 500 with theirs. Seems to be a about 3 hours from my home. Anybody here ever go to one of these, or have any other options in Lexington/Louisville areas?

thanks for input

King Tut · 05-13-2013, 11:47 AM

I don't know of any tracks at all in Kentucky. Mid Ohio is a great track though. I would need more info on this "driving class" to say whether the $400 is worth it, but if it is only $100 more to put the wear on their car, then that is probably worth it.

Dave-ROR · 05-14-2013, 03:11 PM

I'm running a two day HPDE there in Sept, $395 currently. It's Mon/Tues event, dinner/banquet included on monday night, etc.

yeah2311 · 05-14-2013, 11:43 PM

I have known several people to do driving classes through mid-ohio and only have heard raving good reviews. They go into detail of teaching you the concepts of defensive driving and track driving. My good friend just did a $250 half day lesson that included skid pad, hard turns, and then ~18 laps in groups of 4-5 doing follow the leader (cycling through leaders). He said it was the best $250 he spent and would do it again in a heartbeat. The instructors are great and really try to have fun with it, as they give out style points and awards for drivers (based on fixing their hair, mirrors, playing with the radio, driving relaxed, etc. while on the track and passing). Mid-Ohio is sponsored by Honda, so their cars are the new Acura ILX (MT-performance(2.4L engine) or AT-normal(2.0L engine)) and they have some Honda S2000s that they will occasionally break out (probably for these advanced driving days). Hope this helps, but if you are on the fence I would encourage you to do it because of all the great reviews I have heard.

Dave-ROR · 05-15-2013, 06:26 PM

Yeah we are hoping to have a few of the school cars (probably the old ones) to play around with at our event since Honda is a sponsor.. we shall see

05-13-2013, 11:47 AM	#2
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05-14-2013, 03:11 PM	#3
Dave-ROR Site Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Drives: Stuff Location: Florida Posts: 10,317 Thanks: 955 Thanked 5,965 Times in 2,689 Posts Mentioned: 262 Post(s) Tagged: 8 Thread(s)	I'm running a two day HPDE there in Sept, $395 currently. It's Mon/Tues event, dinner/banquet included on monday night, etc. __________________ -Dave Track cars: 2013 Scion FRS, 1998 Acura Integra Type-R, 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback DD: 2005 Acura TSX Tow: 2022 F-450 Toys: 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Parts: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited, 2005 Acura TSX Projects: 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited track car build FS: 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 LT CCSB 8.1/Allison with 99k miles

05-15-2013, 06:26 PM	#5
Dave-ROR Site Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Drives: Stuff Location: Florida Posts: 10,317 Thanks: 955 Thanked 5,965 Times in 2,689 Posts Mentioned: 262 Post(s) Tagged: 8 Thread(s)	Yeah we are hoping to have a few of the school cars (probably the old ones) to play around with at our event since Honda is a sponsor.. we shall see __________________ -Dave Track cars: 2013 Scion FRS, 1998 Acura Integra Type-R, 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback DD: 2005 Acura TSX Tow: 2022 F-450 Toys: 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Parts: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited, 2005 Acura TSX Projects: 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited track car build FS: 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 LT CCSB 8.1/Allison with 99k miles

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yeah2311 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 2012 Subaru BRZ Premium GBS Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I have known several people to do driving classes through mid-ohio and only have heard raving good reviews. They go into detail of teaching you the concepts of defensive driving and track driving. My good friend just did a $250 half day lesson that included skid pad, hard turns, and then ~18 laps in groups of 4-5 doing follow the leader (cycling through leaders). He said it was the best $250 he spent and would do it again in a heartbeat. The instructors are great and really try to have fun with it, as they give out style points and awards for drivers (based on fixing their hair, mirrors, playing with the radio, driving relaxed, etc. while on the track and passing). Mid-Ohio is sponsored by Honda, so their cars are the new Acura ILX (MT-performance(2.4L engine) or AT-normal(2.0L engine)) and they have some Honda S2000s that they will occasionally break out (probably for these advanced driving days). Hope this helps, but if you are on the fence I would encourage you to do it because of all the great reviews I have heard.

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