[net.auto] Bondurant Information

jhs@druhi.UUCP (ShoreJ) (02/04/86)

Here's a summary of responses re Bondurant Driving School:
[My thanx to Steve Langdon and Elliot Fabric for the info.]

Steve writes:

>  [ telephone number is:] (707)938-4741
>
>  My wife and I took the 3 day high perfomance driving class.  We 
>  used our 944 and rented one of their Mustangs.  It cost just over 
   $1000 each, plus about $200 for their car.  It was worth the money.

Elliot adds:

> The phone book lists: Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
> 			Highway 378 & Highway 121
> 			Sonoma, California
> 			707-938-4741
>
> He is located at the Sears Point Racetrack.  I have toured it.
> Often tempted to sign up for a course but haven't.
> Bondurant had one of his drivers take us out on the 
> skid pads and around the track as passengers in a modified
> Ford LTD.  Real excitement.

Of note: Bondurant just bought 10 Merkur XR4TIs to use as their 
performance/sport coupes. The rental is $75/day, or you can
"run whut yuh brung!" as the Grand National good ol' boys'd say.

{off the record: I hope that sits very well with the originator  } 
{of the "SVO vs Mercur [sic]" article on this net. Hi, Dave! :-) } 

-- Jeff Shore

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