Skip Barber on Ferrari Legends and Passion on Speed TV 12/17

Yeah i remember seeing that too. But who care's, honestly, unless the car's aren't in the picture i don't really pay that much attention to what anyone has to say. It's just filler imo.

 

I did a Skippy school, and several of the staff members were A-Holes. They acted like they were pedigree drivers whose presence should have left us in awe. Perhaps that's an atmosphere that trickled down from the top. That said, some of them were really nice.

 

In talking to the Skippy instructors at Laguana, the message was that Skip Barber is a man of few words. So if he was brief with the interviewer, that is just the way he is.

BTW, all the instructors were great!

Dale

 

I did a Skippy School eons ago.
Most school staff drivers have The Ego. They are just missing The Goods.
NASCAR Experience staff at Texas Motor Speedway gets the ****** crown, trophy, and ribbon.

 

Dorsey Schrader was my first Skip Barber driving instructor at Texas World Speedway way back in the 80's. Terry Earwood also rode in the car with me for a few laps. Both were great guys. Dorsey was funny as could be and kept me laughing most of the time........Never met the Skip Master so i cannot say about him.

 

Cars we were driving at the first school I attended.

E30 M3 and M5

First photo is an exact duplicate of my first M3, a Henna Red one. 193 HP DOHC Inline 4, 2.3 liters. Put out 83.91 HP per liter. It was the highest output per liter for a production car at the time. One of the most fun cars I have ever driven. I wish I had it back.

Second photo is of the Inline 6 from the M5. Separate throttle plates for each cylinder and roller bearing throttle linkage. Late 80's. Pretty advanced for the time. The clutch disintegrated that day so we had little time to drive it.
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I love too take the instructor's to school so to speak especially the one's with the huge ego's. I never did a driving school but I was very consistant at demolishing lap time's in kart's against those with 95% more experience. It's like dancing as the women I know have alway's said that they can tell a 'schooled dancer' from a 'natural', some of us have it and some dont.

I did not get the ****** attitude from Skip during that interview but would have enjoyed more of a 'playfull or enjoyable' banter session from him.

 

I was kinda surprised that he responded the way he did as well, but Alain was enough of a Gentleman to handle it properly.

 

i'm a skippy instructor and we also don't like instructors with big egos... as you can see it makes all of us look bad!

Robbie

 

I too was surprised by the "SB" T-shirt and attitude during the interview. This is my first time seeing or hearing from the man and he did a terrible job of representing himself. Remember, first impression last a loooooooong time!

Alain, handled himself as a gentlemen as always. Pretty good series, looking forward to the next one, he will be driving the F40 and something else special as well.



Robert

 

Any idea when the next one is scheduled?