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    King of kemet Member Hamata's Avatar
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    Default Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    perfurabley entry level? i've been looking at open wheel stuff,ie formula mazda and fords that kind of stuff

    or any good driver training courses?

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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    are you twelve or thirteen?

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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    Pheonix University, and the best part it is all online
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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    Quote Originally Posted by Centurion1 View Post
    are you twelve or thirteen?
    17?

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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    http://www.racingschools.com/

    All of these places cost thousands of dollars.

    I know lots of people who have done this, and still none of them are racers. The people who go to these courses are a mixture of hobbyists and people who dream of racing, and the "graduates" and "certificates" are a dime a dozen. You will need more than a course or two to get hired on to drive, unless you plan on buying your own car and hiring a team and finding sponsors and doing the amatuer circuit

    If you have any racing teams in your area, go try to get an entry level job to get inside the company. Work as a clerk, or a runner, or whatever they need. Learn how the system works. You would probably learn a lot more from those people than you would at a cookie cutter course that churns out certificates
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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    Quote Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump View Post
    http://www.racingschools.com/

    All of these places cost thousands of dollars.

    I know lots of people who have done this, and still none of them are racers. The people who go to these courses are a mixture of hobbyists and people who dream of racing, and the "graduates" and "certificates" are a dime a dozen. You will need more than a course or two to get hired on to drive, unless you plan on buying your own car and hiring a team and finding sponsors and doing the amatuer circuit

    If you have any racing teams in your area, go try to get an entry level job to get inside the company. Work as a clerk, or a runner, or whatever they need. Learn how the system works. You would probably learn a lot more from those people than you would at a cookie cutter course that churns out certificates
    Listen to this fellow. If you're serious about this you'll have to work long and hard to get to be a driver.

    Around my area there's some dirt racing tracks, and I think one driver who's on the national stage now started there.

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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    ps i forgot to add that i'm canadian and that i have no way of getting to the states :P

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    Default Re: Been looking at getting started in motor sports

    Then you should avoid motorsports altogether, because Canadians cannot drive. In fact, I didn't even think Canadians were allowed access to the internet, much less membership at the .org. I need to read over the FAQ again, then I will probably report you.

    Google is your friend dude

    ** also, if you have no way to get to the states, ergo you cannot afford the trip, then how will you afford a racing school? These places are not colleges, they do not give out scholarships and you cannot use federal financial aid for them
    Last edited by Major Robert Dump; 07-16-2012 at 15:25.
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