I just thought I'd let everyone know that there's a BMWCCA/PCA driving school coming up on September 9-10 at Pacific Raceways just outside Seattle. You need to have taken their car control clinic, or have some other acceptable beginners course to be able to attend. My dad (turboed miata) I have our spots confirmed and I'd love to see some more RX-7's there. I've taken 2 BMWCCA driving schools at Spokane (run by a different chapter) and they were excellent.

http://www.bmwpugetsound.com/driving_schools.html

 

And if you haven't taken their car control clinic beforehand, are they offering it before September 9th?

 

Unfortunately no, the next one's in November. Autocross experiance may be acceptable, if you've got some and are interested in going try emailing them.

There's a way around it though, sign up through the PCA, as it's a joint school. If you sign up with them then you don't have to have previous experiance, but they have a manditiry "Ground School" on the 7th, so that's why we didn't sign up with them, plus I'm already a BMWCCA member from the previous schools.

linky: http://www.pnwr.org/Track/driver_ed/default.asp

 

Someone just posted over in the NW area forum that you need to have a Porsche to join the PCA. That sucks, at least the BMWCCA doesn't descriminate like that.