blackenedwings Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I'm a novice driver with only a couple of HPDEs under my belt, and my last NASA event was Hyperfest last year. I will be attending this year as well, and had a question about the instructors. I had a fantastic instructor last year and learned a lot, but he drove an older NA M3. Some of the lines he was teaching me were difficult for a high power AWD turbo car. I was wondering if it was possible for me to request an instructor (if they have one) with experience driving AWD turbo cars (STi, Evo, GT-Rs) as I think I would learn a lot from someone familiar with the platform. I've been dialing in the suspension of the car, and safety gear, so the car is gutted and caged with fixed buckets and 6-point harnesses. It is a stock block, with 93 octane generating 407 awhp / 368 awtq. I don't want to sound ungrateful for the instruction I had last time, I really did learn a lot... but I figured I would at least ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn T. Posted May 12, 2011 Members Share Posted May 12, 2011 Sounds like a reasonable request. I would email the registrar for that region and ask them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbow Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Ask for Jack McAfee, Mike Sarver, or any of the "on the hill" gang. Yea they drive corvettes, but they are the cream of the crop as far as instructors go for that region. It is perfectly fine to request a different instructor than the one you had the last time out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Also might want to ask for Ryan Ultara. He drives a red/black modded Evo, and knows his way around Summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackenedwings Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 That sounds perfect, someone familiar with driving a modded Evo and who knows the track would be ideal. I sent an email in to the registration email for my region, but haven't received a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxtwo Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Another couple you might want to consider are Tim Mills (STi) and Justin Mathews (STi and EVO). Both are excellent instructors. Mills was my first a few years ago and Mathews has helped me through HPDE2 into 3 and now into TT'ing. I think I requested Mathews through Laura, just after I registered early last year. See you at hyperfest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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