With buying any Formula car....try fitting in the car before you conclude the deal. At your size you should be able to fit most of them, however, depending on how broad shouldered or long legged you are some modifications may need to be made to some chassis for you to fit comfortably.
Knowing the track before Drivers School is not a necessity. The first several on track sessions should be enough to familiarize you to the requirements of driving the track safely. While speed has some bearing on your grading at a Drivers School, contact and off course excursions toward the end of the school are severe down grades. For me personally, one of the benefits of racing in SCCA is the variety of tracks that I am able to run at. Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Eveland Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] Getting started in club racing Thanks for all of the responses, they've been very helpful. A couple of more questions: First, I'm about 6'1" and 195#. Does that limit the selection of vehicles I'd fit in? Second, how useful is it to have driven the track your school is on before taking the school? I'm thinking that with 9 HPDE days and 2 years of autox I'm reasonably quick at picking up the line, but I wouldn't want to have that detract from learning the racing stuff at the school. Thanks again, -Chris ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
