Spring Mountain Curriculum

[Scaroline]

I’ve booked the 2 day driving experience at spring mountain in a CT5 BW. Do they teach you how to heel and toe and do they have a section on drifitng?

 

[rubberduck]

No and no.

 

[jonnywaffles11]

yes, but you only get 2 sets of rear tires for free. if you wish to drift more, they have a representative from Ling Long tires on site where you can purchase additional pairs. skip the track insurance and putt that money towards additional tires instead.

 

[SynisterAZ]

On the east loop at least you only shift into 4th gear twice so only two downshifts, just use rev match.

You dont drift but can get it a little sideways briefly on the wet surface demo. Its like 3 minutes of driving and you dont go over 25mph.

 

[BimmerFan]

I did the advanced Corvette school there (a long time ago) and they did then teach H&T. I was tempted to trade-in the Caddy school against the advanced school (that's what I did the first time) tuition, but since the Corvettes are all slushboxes now, I decided not to bother.

I H&T all of the time, and to me the satisfaction of doing it right and so smoothly that no one notices far outweighs the experience of pulling a little flappy paddle.

BMW does an similar thing to SM at their SC and CA tracks, you get to drive a variety of cars (typically an M2/3/4/5 and perhaps a 440i) in various scenarios, including a skid pad and a flooded track where you do a figure 8 "rat race". Great fun tearing up their cars.

At the end of the day, the instructors take the students out for a few hot laps on the dry track in an M5, drifting it the entire time.

 

[JLayer]

Did new dates get posted?

 

[Joespenard]

I drifted the entire autocross course on my last timed session in a 5 ...

 

[ren]

Did new dates get posted?

The new dates were posted a couple days ago.

• November: 6-7, 20-21
• December: 16-17
• January: 17-18, 27-28
• February: 10-11, 26-27
• March: 3-4
• April: 4-5, 28-29

 

[so 650]

those cool winter dates sound like a great idea!

 

[BadCadiWI23]

My 21 year old son and I will be there in 5 manuals January 27-28