Acura High Performance School at Mid-Ohio.
Got back a little earlier today, it was a total blast. We were driving mostly-stock TSXs with the A-Spec package. The cars were pretty good around the auto-x track and deceptively fast around the big track. I hit 105 on the back straight.



At the end of the day we had an auto-x runoff, I posted top TSX time and top three got to battle it out in the S2000.









I wasn't fastest outright in the runoff, but I didn't hit any cones, so I won by 0.642. The other two guys in the S2k ran 42.071 and 42.673 after penalties.
So what do I get for winning this competition you ask? I get to go to the advanced class for free ($900).

Instructors were names I definitely recognized: Elliott Forbes Robinson, Tommy Byrne, Shane Lewis, Dave Roush, and Jim Bishop. It was funny, I was doing the skid car exercise and it occurred to me that the Elliott Forbes Robinson was riding shotgun and telling me to drive faster, sort of a humbling moment . . . then I spun.

Very last activity for the day was follow-the-leader around the big track, we got in probably 15 laps or so. Weather was kind of crazy, if you've never driven 95 in blinding rain . . . well, lets just say you had to bring your A game.









Time sheet and award (I'm Jamie D on the time sheet)





All in all, it was a great day out, I highly recommend to anybody considering this sort of thing (not just Mid-Ohio). I'll definitely be going back (obviously), though I'm not sure if it'll be later this year or next summer.

 

cool.

 

nice, I have done all their classes (teen, high perf, adv. high perf, lapping (2x times) I love that school, I sent Tommy Byrne incar from my day @ midohio with NASA the other day and got some input, I really like the staff their, they are indeed top notch.

Sweet that the top autox student gets the next class free... thats a big value.

 

Indeed, Tommy was really cool. I was really surprised about the free class, they aren't at all cheap. I'm seriously considering doing the full sequence and then the competition licensing program.

Where in Cbus are you? I go to Capital.

 

Looks like a blast! and congrats!

 

I myself will be signing up for NASA events soon, or possibly SCCA as well. Congrats to ya. Looks like alot of fun.

Be sure ot post some pics of the event you goto for winning the certificate

Cheers.
Adam

 

^^ im calling you out