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Originally Posted by Marius1585
Curious about the skid-pad portion - is it learning to maintain a controlled drift, or is it more like testing where they kick out your rear and you try to regain direction?
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At the full day M School I did last year at Thermal it was both. They turned us loose in the morning to 'learn the hard way', then showed us how, and in the afternoon we had timed laps on the skid-pad. The skid-pad at Thermal is dry and wet, but we only used it dry. It has some kind of very slick coating. It also has a built in water system that makes it slicker, but I gather they rarely use that.
I went to Thermal last Saturday for a 2 hour New BMW Owner's event but the skid-pad was only used then during the closing instructor hot laps. I will report back after I do the Indy M School this Sunday.