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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 12:19 AM
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Next Doc Wong Driving Skills and Tour Clinic-Saturday January 8, 2005

Next Doc Wong Driving Skills and Tour Clinic-Saturday January 8, 2005

Hi,

We're doing a "Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinic Sunday!

Come join us in the fun of driving and touring over 100 miles of awesome roads and scenery! Learn new driving skills, improve your driving, have fun and be a better driver.

You don't need to have had any performance driving experience, but learning a bit more about performance driving can definitely make you a safer driver. Come tour with us, all are welcome!

Note: this will go on rain or shine. In fact, more fun and learning is to be had on wet roads!

This month's topic: “Driving Skills – Traction Circle”

Date: Saturday January 8, 2005

Time: 9:00 am 10:30 am for the talk part of the clinic
10:30 am to 3:00 pm for the tour. Lunch in Davenport at 12:30 pm

Place: Active Life Medical Center
1391 Woodside Road,
Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061

Register: Just e-mail me at DocWong@aol.com or leave a message on my cell phone at: (650) 400-9887

Cost: $0.00

Here's how the day will go:

We meet at my office at 9am and do the talk/clinic part till about 10:30am.

Guest instructors:

Aaron Tachibania: SCCA GTU & GTO driver/owner of Datsun 510, Datsun 280ZX Turbo and Pantera. Finished 4th as a privateer GTU. Currently organizes Car track days for seat time.

or

Chuck McCalmet: President's Cup, Tri-State Championship winner, Marlboro, VIR, Bridgehamptom, IRP, Loudon Enduro Karts winner, race instructor, has tested in a Lotus 23 with the lap record, owned and raced a Shelby GT 350. Past Team Manager and Mechanic with the USA Karting team winning the World Championship in Hong Kong in 1972. He currently drives a Beck 550 Spyder and 911SC!

There will also be a discussion on safety, autocrosses and time trialing.

Then we take off for our tour. We'll stop at Gazos Road and Hwy 1 and the proceed down Hwy 1 to Davenport for lunch. After lunch we take more twisty roads ending up on Hwy 9 and Skyline Blvd (Hwy 35). See below on the complete route and directions to my office.

If you have a family radio bring it. We'll be on Channel 9

For those of you who don't know me, I'm a chiropractor in Redwood City and quite a motorcycle enthusiast and have been organizing the Doc Wong Motorcycle Riding Clincs for the past 7 years (see me web page at: www.docwong.com).

This event however is a car only clinic.

Not too long ago I purchased a Porsche Boxster and a Miata and a whole new world of fun opened up for me. Learning how to really drive the car has been a fun challange, fortunately much of my motorcycling experience has helped me with that. I'm having a great time in autox and open track days.

The tour/drive will be pretty mellow. The idea is to enjoy the scenery, the drive and to improve our driving skills. So if you're up for a very fast drive, this isn't it.

RIDE ROUTE:
We start at Dr. Wong's office on Woodside Road (Hwy 84) in
Redwood City. We go up Woodside Road, through
Woodside, and on up the hill to Skyline Blvd.

From there, we head down Hwy 84 (name now changed to La Honda Road).
From San Gregorio, we go south on Stage Road to the
little town of Pescadero (which is a veritable
METROPOLIS compared to San Gregorio). Then we head east on Pescadero Road a short ways to Cloverdale Road, where we turn south
(right) again. We follow Cloverdale road down to Gazos
Creek Road, where we turn west (right).

We follow Gazos Creek Road to Highway 1 where we can take a break. Gas is available here.

Then take a trip down 1 to Davenport, where we stop for lunch.
After lunch, it's south on Highway 1 again to Bonny
Doone Road, where we turn east (left). Don't turn
right there, or you'll be surprised at the lack of
floatation a set of air bags provide. ;-)

Up Bonny Doon Road to Empire Grade. North (left) on Empire Grade to
Jamison Creek Road, down Jamison Creek Road to Highway
236. Right on Highway 236 to Highway 9 in Boulder
Creek. Another short break in Boulder Creek (gas, if
needed), then up Highway 9 (east) to Skyline, where we
assemble at the little rest area there for a final
meeting. After our meeting and bull session, the group
breaks up and everyone is on their own. Hope you can
find your way home from there!

Directions to Active Life Medical Center

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...submit=Get+Map
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Active Life Medical Center
1391 Woodside Road, Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
(650) 365-7775

Drive well!

Doc Wong
http://www.docwong.com
Arctic Silver/Boxster Red/Bk 1997 Boxster
Red 1991 Miata
Harry K. Wong, D.C.
1391 Woodside Road, Ste 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
Off: (650) 365-7775 Cell: (650) 400-9887
Chiropactic and Alternative Medicine
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This is a low volume list used for all my announcements on future drives and related activities.
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Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinic dates:

Saturday January 8, 2005 “Driving Skills – Traction Circle"
(no event scheduled for February)
Saturday March 19, 2005 “Driving Skills – Tire Pressuresand Tire Selection”
Saturday April 9, 2005 "Driving Skills - Weight Transfer Effects"
Sunday May 22, 2005 "Driving Saturday January 10, 2004 “Driving Skills – Smooth Inputs"
Saturday June 11, 2005 “Driving Skills – Steering Wheel Control and Body Position"
Saturday July 16, 2005 “Driving Skills – Brake andThrottle Control”
Saturday August 13, 2005 “Driving Skills – Lines of Travel”
Saturday September 24, 2005 “Driving Skills – Heel and ToeShifting”
Saturday October 22, 2005 “Driving Skills – Causes and Solutions to Understeering”
Sunday November 13, 2005 "Driving Skills - Causes and Solutions to Oversteering"
Sunday December 4, 2005 "Driving Skills - Field of Vision"
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 01:46 AM
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Sounds fun. Too bad I won't be around for this. Good luck!
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 06:29 AM
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I'm down. Gotta watch it up here though, lots of rocks/mud coming down from this weather.
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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For those who don't know, doc wong is the man in the motorcycle community. Take advantage of these, you won't regret it!
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 08:38 AM
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thanks doc. i'll look into it.
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 08:46 AM
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Is this the same Doc Wong who used to drive with Henry Watts? I still remember Watts Wong Racing.
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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Harry (Doc Wong) is a great guy. Does monthy motorcycle clinics also.
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Howdy fellas...

I went to a couple of Doc Wong's m'cycle clinics and had a load of fun.
I hope I can make it out to join y'all.

You will probably learn something too!

Our group leader was an ex-racer on a goldwing looking thing.... .he was passing R1s left and right.... funniest thing EVAR!!!!! ahahahhahaha

Let me guess, he'll be losing WRXs in the twisties with his Yugo GV this time...=)

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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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Dammit! I work... why is all the fun stuff on the weekend?
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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Thanks for the kind words guys! I look forward to see you Saturday morning for a fun ride and one of my favorite subjects regarding traction!

Doc
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 01:05 PM
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DAMMIT! I missed the last one cuz of a wedding......and I am gonna have to miss this one too.........yet AGAIN, for a wedding. Why does everyone I know have to go get married all of a sudden?!?!?!

ARRRRRRRGH


-Ted

Hey Doc...whens the next one? I am gonna mark it on my calendar right now, and reserve the date....knowing my luck that will be the ONE day that I have another wedding to go to.
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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Yep! First a lot of weddings, then a bunch of baby showers... one usually follows the other. Just tell them to schedule them not on our drives! ;-)

Here's my list of drives for the rest of the year! See you then.

(no event scheduled for February)

Saturday March 19, 2005 “Driving Skills – Tire Pressuresand Tire Selection”
Saturday April 9, 2005 "Driving Skills - Weight Transfer Effects"
Sunday May 22, 2005 "Driving Saturday January 10, 2004 “Driving Skills – Smooth Inputs"
Saturday June 11, 2005 “Driving Skills – Steering Wheel Control and Body Position"
Saturday July 16, 2005 “Driving Skills – Brake andThrottle Control”
Saturday August 13, 2005 “Driving Skills – Lines of Travel”
Saturday September 24, 2005 “Driving Skills – Heel and ToeShifting”
Saturday October 22, 2005 “Driving Skills – Causes and Solutions to Understeering”
Sunday November 13, 2005 "Driving Skills - Causes and Solutions to Oversteering"
Sunday December 4, 2005 "Driving Skills - Field of Vision"
Old Jan 6, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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damn it... =(

Saturday is already all booked for me.
Now that I have the schedule though, I will see you the rest of the year! =)
Old Jan 7, 2005 | 11:21 AM
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Talking

Great see you at a future event!

Enjoy the rain, it won't last long.

Doc
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Thanks Doc! Learned a lot, had a good time! See ya again next time!



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