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spring mountain motorsports experience
Last week I travelled to Pahrump, NV. and did the three day driving school. For all of you Z06 owners that want to experience the ultimate in driving experience I highly recommend going to the school. You are taught proper braking techniques , heel to toe downshifting, how to attack a 2.2 mile road track and much more. The nice thing about the experience is the huge amount time you spend behind the wheel. There are two way radios in the car so you are basically being observed and critiqued by the instructors during shadow lapping and by instructors you are out on the track watching you. The last day they allow you to do free lapping so that you are able to compete with or other classmates.
One of the many things that I really appreciated was that you learn the capibilities of the awesome car that we own. Those capibilities sure exceeded my expectations. The racing instructors give a demo lap around the track for those who are old enough to remember it was definitley an E ticket ride at Disneyland. The power, along with the active handling and ABS system allows the corvette to out perform the more expensive exotics around the track hands down.
I was able to drive the C6 as well around the track. I liked the throttle response of the car but the Z handled much better. Again, I did not like the C6, compared to C5, I am very happy to to own 01 Z06. As a note they have 3 C6 Z06's on order should be there late summer.
Bill
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