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Originally Posted by hud 91gt
Not exactly track day related, but pretty disappointed the VCMC Velocity Driving school is fully booked. Booked the day off work, and by the time I was able to get my schedule, it was full. Ugh
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Have you placed yourself on the waitlist yet, Hud?
I agree that it's unfortunate how fast Velocity tends to get booked up. To ensure the quality of instruction, I think the instructor-student ratio is typically only 1:2 or at most 1:3. When you factor in the total instructor pool size, the lot size, and the space you need for practice exercises, you can see why each offering only has 30 +/- spots.
If you already have the April 11 date booked off from work, another option is to sign up for volunteering at Velocity. You're gonna be put to work instead of getting seat time to do the drills. But what the cone chasing does is, it allows you to see first hand what kind of exercises a driver needs to be good at, how those exercises are done, and the typical mistakes and how drivers improve upon them over the course of the day. Throughout the day, you'll also pick up bits and pieces of advice the instructors dole out to their students. As the final icing on the cake, you get free lunch, some free runs, and $50's worth of event credits towards a future event, so it's definitely something to think about. I think they are still short on 1 or 2 volunteers, so it might be something for you to think about.
The other option is, the 2nd Velocity driving school is happening on Aug 29. Personally, I'd always prefer the spring Velocity school because it is earlier in the season, but if the mid-season one is the one you can make it to, then that's the one you want to sign up for.