Karting Schools, Worth the money? Options

[PatW]

Thinking about going to the Jim Russell Karting school at Sears Point. Has anyone done this school or one like it?. 350$ for a day seems expensive up front. Or should I just keep going to Lemans Karting in Fremont. Best lap was 23.6 last friday
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[Curvie Roadlover]

The shifter guys are real busy in the seat leaving little time to develope a better line and braking techniques, IMO. In fact, at the road race courses, the shifters use a different line and used to get in my way on corner exits. They accelerate faster, so they don't care as much about pinching the line at the apex. I think karts teach you how to roll free through the turns. It's all about being smooth.

That's true, Milt. After having driven the centrifugal clutch karts for so long, one of the things I loved about shifters was that, in a single gear kart if you screwed up a corned you sometimes payed for it for a whole lap, whereas in a shifter kart, if you blew a corner you only payed for it until the next corner. Something else, though to consider. Here in the mid-west shifter karts are the most popular class and run with the biggest fields. Running with alot of traffic is a good learning experience, IMO compared to some of the less popular classes where the karts get pretty spread out during the race and you end up sometimes with no one around you to dice with.