Christopher, I am 5' 11.5" tall and weigh 190#. I fit just fine in my 2001 Red Devil. I did a lot of investigating about the type of car I could fit in prior to buying. I didn't have the money to travel all over the country to sit in cars so with the information on this list and asking a lot of questions I felt pretty comfortable that the car I bought would work out, and it did. I race with three other F5 guys one of which drives a new Invader, one drives a KBS Mark IV and the other drives an early 90's Red Devil. I'm glad I bought the car I did as each of these would have been a tight fit in terms of leg room. I don't have to bend my knees at all in my car and I actually use hard foam blocks on the sides of the cockpit so I don't slide sideways while cornering. I have heard very favorable things about the Novakar's spacious La-Z-Boy sized cockpit so I'm certain one of those would be no problem for you. Just do your homework on it first or if possible, go sit in some different makes.
As far as track time prior to school all I can say is that my first lap at school was my first lap ever on a race track. That's the beauty of these schools, they take things slow and do a good job of demonstrating the line prior to driving even close to hot lap speeds. If you've had the track you said already, you should be fine. Sean G. McDonald Advertising Director Peninsula Daily News 360-417-3540 -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Eveland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 10:58 AM 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! ***
