Brief scenes from a Skip Barber demo day

We were on hand yesterday for a Skip Barber Open House. This was mostly okay – some fun activities (some more than others) and nice cars (mostly participants’ cars in the parking lot) – but also lots and lots of waiting around— enthusiasts will flock to free events (where there is promise of caning a car that isn’t theirs) like moths to a flame.

Still, one needn’t much excuse to spend a workday at Lime Rock, enjoying a balmy spring day in the company of friends and getting sunburnt waiting patiently in lines that would give many theme parks a run for their money. If you can find one near you – we count twelve Skip Barber locations nationwide, though undoubtedly not all host these events – we recommend checking it out.

Just go early and strategize your itinerary wisely.

~ by velofinds on April 20, 2012.

Posted in Motoring con brio, Still images
Tags: evora, lime rock, lime rock park, lotus, lrp, mazda, miata, mx-5, mx5, open house, rx-8, rx8, skip barber

4 Responses to “Brief scenes from a Skip Barber demo day”

Very cool! is that a little skid pad they have going on there? I would love to try one out. Ive done skip barbers 3-day and 2-day advanced open wheel racing schools. One at Mid-Ohio then I went to Sebring for the other. Amazing fun! I think everyone should have to go through something like this, you can learn so much about driving dynamics.

Alex said this on April 20, 2012 at 1:41 pm
- awesome. those schools are spendy but worth it from what i’ve heard. god willing, i will do one some day— if not at lime rock, then at laguna seca.
  
  yes, that is a skid pad.
  
  motoringconbrio said this on April 20, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Glad to see some pics from this event. The lines were huge, but the “rides” were worth it. Pretty sure the skidpad was the most fun event there — they wet it down, and had two RX-8s going around fully loaded (3 drivers/passengers and 1 instructor in each).

Any pictures of the parking lot? I didn’t look around much before leaving, but man, there were some gorgeous cars in there.

becauseracing said this on April 23, 2012 at 1:33 pm
- no, i’m afraid not. too much heat exhaustion by the end of the day! was feeling pretty unmotivated by that point, but there was a LOT of eye candy out on display.
  
  motoringconbrio said this on April 23, 2012 at 1:37 pm