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Yeah, the standard three day Skip Barber (or "Skippy School" as the instructors there will call it) will be enough for your SCCA license. I think those schools time out, though, so if you want your SCCA license you should go ahead and do the paperwork. That said, you have to run two regional races per year to *keep* your SCCA license, so keep that in mind. If you don't have a car there are several outfits you can rent from for a lot of regional races around here, particularly VIR.

Also, while you need an SCCA license to get into VIR during SCCA race weekends (some are spectator events you can just pay $20 or something to get into, but most aren't), you can usually get in just about any weekday without one. You just need to call the shop before you go to make sure they'll be open when you plan to be there, and also to be sure you *can* get in (sometimes they have closed test sessions and such and you can't get in...they can tell you at the shop, though).

I think CV's showroom is only open during normal business hours, too. I'm fairly certain that for anyone wanting to buy a *good* suit, that's the place to go. Those ladies will help you fit one properly, and can even get things tailored (which isn't something I'd recommend you doing, since you need someone who has Nomex thread). Sounds like you don't need your own yet, but for anyone else who does....

Also, I'll throw in my opinion of Skippy School. I did the three day in the infield of Daytona (infield course only). Since I had never done anything like that, I thought it was pretty cool. But I did find driving the non-synchro cars they have quite annoying. I also don't profess to be the greatest driver in the world, but there were some really stupid people in the school I was in that simply COULD NOT DRIVE. We had everything from some hot-shoe ARCA driver who had never done road course stuff and wanted to run Grand Am (and he was good) all the way down to some female plastic surgeon who was only there because her rich boyfriend wanted her to go with him (and he stunk...he was only there because he wanted to do some vintage racing in some of his Ferraris in his collection).

We even had two plumbers from NJ who were the most annoying people on the planet. They held up groups while they swapped a camcorder to the top of each others helmets via duct tape and they were generally rolling obstacles (though it was easy with that camcorder on the helmet to tell who was who on course). At the time I thought it was great, but now that I've got some experience, I'm not so impressed. Of course, if it's free, you have *no* room to complain. It'll be worth the time, particularly if you've never done something like that before. I think there are better schools for your dollar if you have to pay, though.


--Donnie

huh, the words two guys from New Jersey and the word annoying in the same sentence. whoda thunk?

Why not just buy the helmet from Mark at HH&W? Actually, Mark runs the racing/sales operation under a different company name. His prices on **good** helmets will be in line with anyplace else. There ain't no deals on brain buckets. Since you will be in an open-cockpit car with potential idiots all around, don't scrimp on your helmet. Plus, of course, Mark is a loyal Club Sponsor and deserves to be given a shot at your business