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    I attended said school this past weekend, and learned a lot about the G6. Im not a big fan of drag racing, and I've been autocrossing for a couple of years with the G6 and I've gotten bored of that. The PDS is held about 10 minutes from Texas A&M (where I go to school), so its nice and close. I was able to work/drive, so I worked a corner flagging on Saturday then drove and received professional instruction on Sunday. Normally its about $200 per day.

    The G6 is a heavy mother effer. Its not a great car to take to an autocross, though I have been consistently in top 10 finishes in the 'novice' class beating much more suitable cars. The heaviness isn't as apparent on a full size track. This was also the first time I had to actually worry about oversteer under braking too. The rear tires stay put on a tight auto-x track but at higher track speeds its something to worry about even with our long wheelbase. I was hitting 125 or so on the front straight, and the car never missed a beat. The F40 6 speed manual really just now seems to be braking in for me. My only real problem was brake fade, which I knew would be a problem since it even shows its ugly face at auto-x. Cobalt or Saab brakes should fix this soon. Overall, it was a ton of fun and the G6 honestly surprised a lot of people at the track. Definitely got a lot of "much better than grand am" comments. My favorite part of the day was when I passed a early 2000s Cobra Mustang and a C5 Corvette. One driven by someone very new to racing, and another by an older guy who was being a sissy. Either way, I give myself a

    Pictures:
    I was number 39 for 3.9L


    Front straight


    180 * decreasing radius turn entry


    Here Cobra cobra cobra....


    This shows how off-camber this turn entry is. Very easy to induce oversteer and end up in the dirt. Stabilitrack was nice to have.


    Here Im about to get passed by a GTO with a complete Holden Monaro conversion.


    Everyone should give this a shot if you have some tires you want to ruin. Its a blast.
    '06 GTP w/ 3 pedals

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    Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

    looks like a lot of fun.

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      Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

      awesome man. looks like alot of fun. i wish i could do that
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      • #4
        Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

        Originally posted by G6cpM6
        Someone couldn't drive for shit. Guess they didn't know that turn was there!

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          Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

          nice i would love to do that one day. looks like alot of fun, i have 2 places i can go, one is world famous, willow springs. its about an hour from me

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          Originally posted by ahuhn
          so i just realized there a drawer in my room that has nothing in it but tequila, condoms and a blow up doll. cant figure out if thats a good thing or not

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          • #6
            Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

            I wanna do it!


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            • #7
              Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

              Originally posted by snowmanG6
              nice i would love to do that one day. looks like alot of fun, i have 2 places i can go, one is world famous, willow springs. its about an hour from me
              Willow Springs would be great, but their schools are probably ridiculous expensive. It is an awesome track though.
              '06 GTP w/ 3 pedals

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              • #8
                Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

                Originally posted by FLRNEMT
                Originally posted by G6cpM6
                Someone couldn't drive for shit. Guess they didn't know that turn was there!

                Its a decreasing radius turn, where it needs to be extremely late apexed. If you don't start wide like that, you're slow. Most guys who were in really fast cars were riding the outside edge until half way through the turn.
                '06 GTP w/ 3 pedals

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                • #9
                  Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

                  Originally posted by leong6gtp
                  looks like a lot of fun.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

                    Anyone in any car really can do this. If you have an automatic you might have to worry about it overheating, but then again maybe not. I dunno.
                    '06 GTP w/ 3 pedals

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                    • #11
                      Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

                      I want to take my truck out there!
                      Looks like hella fun!

                      Originally posted by acxdarlene
                      no...all i did was help u guys w/ ur collection of blonds

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                      • #12
                        Re: Texas World Speedway Performance Driving School

                        Originally posted by G6cpM6
                        Originally posted by snowmanG6
                        nice i would love to do that one day. looks like alot of fun, i have 2 places i can go, one is world famous, willow springs. its about an hour from me
                        Willow Springs would be great, but their schools are probably ridiculous expensive. It is an awesome track though.
                        yah they do have an awesome track, never scoped out the pricing, but i know they have a thing where they will teach u how to handle ans really drive ur car. and is full limitation

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                        Originally posted by ahuhn
                        so i just realized there a drawer in my room that has nothing in it but tequila, condoms and a blow up doll. cant figure out if thats a good thing or not

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