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HIGHWAY SflF€TV SCHOOL<br />
Summit Point. WV<br />
Saturday, March 21<br />
Drivers' School, Sunday March 22<br />
The NCC program is designed for drivers at<br />
every level. The Highway Safety School, a<br />
unique program in the world <strong>of</strong> drivers'<br />
schools, is designed specifically for those who<br />
have never been to a drivers' school before. It's<br />
an intensive day <strong>of</strong> learning the physics <strong>of</strong> <strong>car</strong><br />
control. This year's Highway Safety School will<br />
be held on March 21.<br />
The rest <strong>of</strong> the drivers' school program involves<br />
more "open track" time and fewer exercises.<br />
Students are grouped by experience and<br />
assigned to instructors who ride with the<br />
students. Instructors are not allowed to drive<br />
students' <strong>car</strong>s unless asked. Sessions on the<br />
skidpad teach proper handling techniques and<br />
give the students a feel for oversteer and<br />
un<strong>der</strong>steer.<br />
Students are required to have their <strong>car</strong>s<br />
inspected for safety before the drivers' school.<br />
Safety inspection includes checking for leaks,<br />
for proper fluid levels, for condition <strong>of</strong> hoses,<br />
belts, brake pads and shoes, brake fluid, and<br />
tires, and checking the general soundness <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>car</strong>. Any type <strong>of</strong> <strong>car</strong> is welcome, but convertibles<br />
must have adequate roll bars. All<br />
students and instructors are required to bring a<br />
Snell-approved helmet.<br />
You don't have to begin your drivers' school<br />
<strong>car</strong>eer with the Highway Safety School. There<br />
are beginners' groups at every school. If you<br />
think you'd like to give it a try but aren't sure,<br />
come on out to the track and observe or help<br />
us by working a corner. The first regular school<br />
<strong>of</strong> the year will be the day after the Highway<br />
Safety School, on March 22.<br />
To get to Summit Point from the Virginia<br />
suburbs, go out route 7 West past Leesburg to<br />
Berryville, go North on U.S. 340 for a short<br />
distance, turn left onto county route 611 and<br />
follow it into the town <strong>of</strong> Summit Point, West<br />
Virginia. Then turn left at the stop sign and go<br />
about half a mile to the track entrance on the<br />
left. From Maryland, take I-270 North to I-70<br />
West in Fre<strong>der</strong>ick, then exit immediately onto<br />
U.S. 340 South (or West). Follow 340 to Charles<br />
Town, West Virginia, and then go straight onto<br />
West Virginia route 51. Follow 51 through<br />
Charles Town, past the turn<strong>of</strong>f for business<br />
340, and then bear left at a yield sign onto<br />
Summit Point Road. Follow Summit Point Road<br />
for about eight miles, through the town <strong>of</strong><br />
Summit Point, and on to the track entrance.<br />
Events start at 8:00 a.m. (drivers need to be at<br />
the track at 7:00), and the drive takes about<br />
one and a half hours from either Washington or<br />
Baltimore.<br />
KORMAN AUTOWORKS<br />
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Saturday, March 28<br />
Greensboro, North Carolina<br />
Korman Autoworks is having their Annual Open<br />
House on Saturday, March 28. Ray Korman<br />
has one <strong>of</strong> the most successful BMW Shops<br />
and Race Teams in North America. This is<br />
always a very popular event!<br />
Following the open house, many <strong>club</strong> members<br />
from various <strong>chapter</strong>s will go out for a BBQ<br />
dinner and on Sunday, the Tarhell Chapter will<br />
be hosting an autocross.<br />
If you are interested in <strong>car</strong>avanning down, give<br />
me a call.<br />
John Kenworthy<br />
MAIF€ST<br />
Summit Point, UJV<br />
Saturday, April 18<br />
Sunday, April 19<br />
We can't seem to get this right. Last year, the<br />
National Capital Chapter's Maifest was held in<br />
mid-June. This year, it's in mid-April. Well, it's<br />
not entirely our fault: we can't seem to get a<br />
track date in May.<br />
The Maifest celebration consists <strong>of</strong> two days <strong>of</strong><br />
drivers' schools with a dinner in between. If you<br />
were there last year, you know what fun it is.<br />
The Maifest drivers' schools will be held on<br />
April 18 and 19, 1992, at Summit Point<br />
Raceway, Summit Point, West Virginia. Directions<br />
are elsewhere in this issue. On Saturday<br />
the 18th, we'll have a catered dinner at the<br />
track, weather permitting. The cost <strong>of</strong> the<br />
dinner has not yet been decided. There will be<br />
plenty <strong>of</strong> food and refreshments.<br />
Those <strong>of</strong> you who attended last year's Maifest<br />
will remember the good time we had, made<br />
possible in part by our friends at Radial Tire<br />
Company and Yokohama. They'll be<br />
supporting us again this year. For dinner<br />
reservations and more information, call David<br />
Born at (301)953-7025. See you there!
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