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I'm interested in this new 305 class that Bloomington is going to have in 2015. My question is what is a good school to go to that has complete instruction? Is there any in Florida this winter or are the only ones in California?
I also have heard that Putnamville has a school is that right?
Also I have told me that there are some indiana races that offer instruct.

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School of hard knocks.... hop in and wing it.

My father doesn't like that philosophy he thinks I need to attend a school before I spend this much money.

I would try to get ahold of Kevin Briscoe.

I will try that. I met him at Indiana sprint week in Bloomington this year. He seemed like a very nice guy.

Kelly Kinser might be a point of contact for you as well.

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Smiley Sitton's Outlaw Driving School in Texas; they even have a dedicated 305 course.
http://outlawdrivingschool.com/classes.html

Racing school is an excellent idea. The single best investment I ever made in racing, was attending the two day course at Cory Krusemans Driving school. You take the class in a non-wing car, but I'm sure Cory could give you all the instruction you'd need. He's very familiar with Bloomington. I did pretty well my first time in my own car, and give all the credit to Cory's teaching.
It is in California, however, Cory makes everything easy. When I went he provided all transportation and purchased all meals. It was a really great expirence.
His website Kruseman.com seems to be having issues, but the direct link is
https://www.kruseman.com/Default.aspx.
You can reach him by phone at (805) 649-1243.

I have been trying to get on kruseman's website but it wouldn't load. I will check into both of those places thanks.

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I'd recommend Cory's school as well; I only mentioned the Sitton school as it does have wing class emphasis. I took the Cory's intermediate course about 12 years ago and my only regret is that I didn't take one of the advanced courses.
An interesting side note is that my video of that day was shot by a fledgeling lensman by the name of Sean Buckley, a fellow I've known since he was too young to get into the pits at Ventura.

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If a winged racesaver 305 is what you are getting into I would totally recommend going to Smiley Sittons. Smiley has had a sprintcar driving school for well over a decade (on a quarter mile track), he is the man behind the wildly successful Sprint Series of Texas (one of the oldest racesaver 305 series in the country)...and he does have racesaver specific classes at his school which focus not only on 305 specific driving but set up, tuning, maintenance and all kinds of stuff. A 305 is a different animal than a higher HP sprintcar regarding set up and driving style and getting instruction specific to a 305 will be more valuable to a rookie for sure.


Don't get me wrong...the Kruseman school is excellent. I have no doubt Briscoes deal is excellent. But Smileys is 100% tailor made to what you are moving into. You wouldn't go to autobody school if you wanted to be an engine builder so don't go to a nonwing 410 school if you want to learn how to race a winged 305. Smileys is in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, so it's not too deep into Texas...but far enough south that it can still operate when the weather in Indy is being mean.

I'm unfamiliar with what Briscoe is doing. Can you explain?