01-28-2009, 02:19 PM
I lived in Michigan for about 5 years. During the off season various sports car clubs would set up an autocross on frozen lakes. Some of these approached a mile in length. Classes were simple, engine over drive wheels or not. Studs or not. Great fun setting my Volvo 122 tow car up for a turn 100 yards before the turn. Back to the OP topic, previous posters have mentioned autocross training as a good opportunity to learn car control. I agree 100%. Back in the day, there was an auto sprint series in this area whcih ran similar to an autocross but was held on actual small scale tracks. I did about a season of this before going to drivers school and it was a great help.