The Skip Barber Racing School is almost certainly the most famous advanced driving school in the world, this is largely thanks to their approachable lesson structure that breaks each required skill down into its constituent parts.
This film is an early production from the school and it features Skip Barber himself explaining many of the introductory points that will be vital to anyone who wants to drive faster, and more consistently.
If you’d like to buy the book that accompanies this film you can click here, and if you’d like to visit the Skip Barber website and enrol in some lessons you can click here.
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