We have lost another of the greats, Bob Bondurant.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/11/15/bob-bondurant-le-mans-winner-and-driving-school-pioneer-dies?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-11-16I had the good fortune to go through a two-day performance driving school at Bondurant when the school was in Sonoma at Sears Point Raceway. What I learned there influences my driving every time I touch a steering wheel. I'm a much smoother and in-control driver because of what I learned.
There are many driving schools, but there was only one Bob Bondurant. The day I started the school there were about a dozen people there for various sessions. He took us out on the track in a one-ton van which had a few suspension mods, and proceeded to do a full lap at race speeds with us all belted down.
I remember that at just about every corner,, this was my thought sequence:
"Oh god, we're all gonna die."
"No, this is Bob Bondurant driving...."
"No, we're gonna die."
(Repeat above thought sequence for every corner.)
And then of course we traversed each corner smoothly and with total balance and poise. When we got back to the pits, everyone in that van knew that we had a LOT to learn.
Thanks, Bob. You made my life a little better.