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Actually, track training does make you a better street driver. Learning car control techniques at track speeds will improve your street driving at lower speeds. It doesn't take much to lose control of a car on a curve in slippery conditions but the skills you learn on the track are easily transferable to everyday street driving. The first time I ever lost control of a car was when I was in the Skip Barber Racing School and lost it in the left hander at Lime Rock at over 90 mph in a formula car. When I was brought into the pits (no contact, just 4 wheels off into the grass) my instructor told me that I could have saved the car and explained how. With the extra training about keeping eyes up and ahead and looking in the direction I want the car to go while spinning I have had many "saves" on snowy days in the Northeast in a street car utilzing CPR - - - "Correct, Pause, Recover".

<blockquote data-quote="RSO 34" data-source="post: 1670643" data-attributes="member: 5347"><p>Actually, track training does make you a better street driver.&nbsp; Learning car control techniques at track speeds will improve your street driving at lower speeds.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t take much to lose control of a car on a curve in slippery conditions but the skills you learn on the track are easily transferable to everyday street driving.&nbsp; The first time I ever lost control of a car was when I was in the Skip Barber Racing School and lost it in the left hander at Lime Rock at over 90 mph in a formula car.&nbsp; When I was brought into the pits (no contact, just 4 wheels off into the grass) my instructor told me that I could have saved the car and explained how.&nbsp; With the extra training about keeping eyes up and ahead and looking in the direction I want the car to go while spinning I have had many &quot;saves&quot; on snowy days in the Northeast in a street car utilzing CPR - - - &quot;Correct, Pause, Recover&quot;.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="RSO 34, post: 1670643, member: 5347"] Actually, track training does make you a better street driver. Learning car control techniques at track speeds will improve your street driving at lower speeds. It doesn't take much to lose control of a car on a curve in slippery conditions but the skills you learn on the track are easily transferable to everyday street driving. The first time I ever lost control of a car was when I was in the Skip Barber Racing School and lost it in the left hander at Lime Rock at over 90 mph in a formula car. When I was brought into the pits (no contact, just 4 wheels off into the grass) my instructor told me that I could have saved the car and explained how. With the extra training about keeping eyes up and ahead and looking in the direction I want the car to go while spinning I have had many "saves" on snowy days in the Northeast in a street car utilzing CPR - - - "Correct, Pause, Recover". [/QUOTE]

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