Bay Area "real driver's meet"

[nightwalker]

I came across this from club4ag. This is a free driving clinic. These guys are volunteering there time to help people improve their driving abilities. I think this would be fun, as well as informative. I would recommend young drivers to attend. I'm very interested in attending myself. Anyone want to make a meet out of it? If not, maybe a handfull of us can sign up and really learn something. Shit mang, it's FREE!!!

Doc Wong's driving Clinic (http://www.docwong.com/Autos/index.htm)

how about we shoot for the March clinic? we can all benefit from learning about tires. drifters? eh? I'm already signed up.

[Halz]

I've been out with Doc Wong several times; He might even recognize me (and the car)..! the clinic aspect can have some good solid information that could iron out any misconceptions that might exist out there. I recall one session, a participant said something about 'engine braking', and it was nice to see how Harry (Wong) handled it..

The drive is fun, but by no means very fast.. He'll only go up to 55mph; no point to blast down the straight sections
Its fun just driving among the mix of cars that show up and being able to openly talk with the owners about whatever. Its a very laid back and comfortable atmosphere

[Ghst 01]

Im down for march.

[hiryu]

Sounds cool, I've never had any track experince or anything before, i think i could learn alot about car control there, thanks for the info

[thx247]

:cry:

Park across the street if you go

[mooboy]

Looks cool.

[Var]

:cry:

Park across the street if you go


? what does this mean ?

[thx247]

dunno why the cry is in there....

park across the street because the group will go there anyway before they leave, and there is more space for cars.

[Var]

bump. i believe this Sunday, March 21st the meet will be focusing on tire pressure and tire selection. There will be guest instructors who are SCCA pro's. I think it will be really fun although i've never attended one of Doc Wong's driving clinics.The weather should be nice and hopefully my 2-way lsd will be installed by Sunday. :rawk:

[Pepperoni]

hmm Wong is my friend's boss at the chiropactic office. Wong is pretty knowledgable... hes been doing this for years now, mostly with motorcycle peeps tho.

[nightwalker]

so who's still going?

[Pepperoni]

I'm going. It's spand over a few months, once a month; i'll probably end up going to all of em since i live close by there.

[Var]

Here's the email you get if you're on the mailing list



Next Doc Wong Driving Skills and Tour Clinic-Sunday March 21, 2004!

Hi,

We're doing a "Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinic Sunday!

Come join us in the fun of driving and touring over 100 miles of awesome roads and scenery!

Learn new driving skills, improve your driving, have fun and be a better driver.

This month's topic: “Driving Skills – Tire Pressuresand Tire Selection”

Date: Sunday March 21, 2004

Time: 9:00 am 10:30 am for the talk part of the clinic
10:30 am to 3:00 pm for the tour. Lunch in Davenport at 12:30 pm

Place: Active Life Medical Center
1391 Woodside Road,
Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061

Register: Just e-mail me at [email protected] or leave a message on my cell phone at: (650) 400-9887

Cost: $0.00

Here's how the day will go:

We meet at my office at 9am and do the talk/clinic part till about 10:30am.

Guest instructors:

Aaron Tachibania: SCCA GTU & GTO driver/owner of Datsun 510, Datsun 280ZX Turbo and Pantera. Finished 4th as a privateer GTU. Currently organizes Car track days for seat time.

or

Chuck McCalmet: President's Cup, Tri-State Championship winner, Marlboro, VIR, Bridgehamptom, IRP, Loudon Enduro Karts winner, race instructor, has tested in a Lotus 23 with the lap record, owned and raced a Shelby GT 350. Past Team Manager and Mechanic with the USA Karting team winning the World Championship in Hong Kong in 1972. He currently drives a Beck 550 Spyder and 911SC!

There will also be a discussion on safety, autocrosses and time trialing.

Then we take off for our tour. We'll stop at Gazos Road and Hwy 1 and the proceed down Hwy 1 to Davenport for lunch. After lunch we take more twisty roads ending up on Hwy 9 and Skyline Blvd (Hwy 35). See below on the complete route and directions to my office.

If you have a family radio bring it. We'll be on Channel 9

For those of you who don't know me, I'm a chiropractor in Redwood City and quite a motorcycle enthusiast and have been organizing the Doc Wong Motorcycle Riding Clincs for the past 7 years (see me web page at: www.docwong.com).

This event however is a car only clinic.

Not too long ago I purchased a Porsche Boxster and a Miata and a whole new world of fun opened up for me. Learning how to really drive the car has been a fun challange, fortunately much of my motorcycling experience has helped me with that. I'm having a great time in autox and open track days.

The tour/drive will be pretty mellow. The idea is to enjoy the scenery, the drive and to improve our driving skills. So if you're up for a very fast drive, this isn't it.

RIDE ROUTE:
We start at Dr. Wong's office on Woodside Road (Hwy 84) in
Redwood City. We go up Woodside Road, through
Woodside, and on up the hill to Skyline Blvd.

From there, we head down Hwy 84 (name now changed to La Honda Road).
From San Gregorio, we go south on Stage Road to the
little town of Pescadero (which is a veritable
METROPOLIS compared to San Gregorio). Then we head east on Pescadero Road a short ways to Cloverdale Road, where we turn south
(right) again. We follow Cloverdale road down to Gazos
Creek Road, where we turn west (right).

We follow Gazos Creek Road to Highway 1 where we can take a break. Gas is available here.

Then take a trip down 1 to Davenport, where we stop for lunch.
After lunch, it's south on Highway 1 again to Bonny
Doone Road, where we turn east (left). Don't turn
right there, or you'll be surprised at the lack of
floatation a set of air bags provide. ;-)

Up Bonny Doon Road to Empire Grade. North (left) on Empire Grade to
Jamison Creek Road, down Jamison Creek Road to Highway
236. Right on Highway 236 to Highway 9 in Boulder
Creek. Another short break in Boulder Creek (gas, if
needed), then up Highway 9 (east) to Skyline, where we
assemble at the little rest area there for a final
meeting. After our meeting and bull session, the group
breaks up and everyone is on their own. Hope you can
find your way home from there!

Directions to Active Life Medical Center

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=1391+Woodside+Road&city=Redwood+City&state=CA&zipcode=94061&submit=Get+Map
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Active Life Medical Center
1391 Woodside Road, Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
(650) 365-7775

Drive well!

Doc Wong
http://www.docwong.com
Arctic Silver/Boxster Red/Bk 1997 Boxster
Red 1991 Miata
Harry K. Wong, D.C.
1391 Woodside Road, Ste 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
Off: (650) 365-7775 Cell: (650) 400-9887
Chiropactic and Alternative Medicine
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Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinic dates:

Sunday March 21, 2004 “Driving Skills – Tire Pressuresand Tire Selection”
Sunday April 25, 2004 "Driving Skills - Weight Transfer Effects"
Saturday May 22, 2004 "Driving Skills - Smooth Inputs"
Saturday June 26, 2004 “Driving Skills – Steering Wheel Control and Body Position"
Saturday July 24, 2004 “Driving Skills – Brake andThrottle Control”
Saturday August 7, 2004 “Driving Skills – Lines of Travel”
Saturday September 11, 2004 “Driving Skills – Heel and ToeShifting”
Sunday October 10, 2004 “Driving Skills – Causes and Solutions to Understeering”
Sunday November 7, 2004 "Driving Skills - Causes and Solutions to Oversteering"

[jy116]

wut a cool guy!
i vowed never to mess around on backroads... but this sounds OK. maybe ill join u guys sumtime :]