点评:My wife & I are life-long Corvette fans. I bought a 1967 427 coupe at age 19, went to a drag racing event sponsored by a Corvette club from an adjacent state and became hooked on going fast. We formed Corvettes of Berkshire that year and enjoyed the camaraderie of fellow Corvette enthusiasts.
Planning our summer road trip from AZ to MA and back, we included another stop at the NCM. I learned that the NCM Motorsports Park offered many packages to the public that would allow them to drive one of their cars on the race track. I chose the C8 Touring laps (around $320), 4 laps following an instructor around this magnificent layout. There was only one other couple scheduled to drive the following day, so we had the staff's entire attention. When we arrived on the day of our scheduled event, there was light rain falling. I feared the event would be cancelled (who would drive a performance car in the rain?). The event staff made a track inspection, showed me a video of the track layout, introduced me to the Rapid Blue C8 and minutes later, I was following Tabb Stansbury, my instructor extraordinaire, around the track. My first lap was my favorite, but the increasing rain during subsequent laps reduced visibility.
Tabb allowed me to set the pace to go as fast as my skill would allow, and I was fast. This is one of those Bucket List items that I was able checked off. And we got all this done in a few hours! Many thanks to the NCM Motorsports Park staff and especially Tabb. You guys are awesome!
My new Bucket List item is buying a new Corvette with the optional museum delivery and then visiting Tabb . . . again!
翻译:我和妻子都是科尔维特的铁杆粉丝。我19岁时买了一辆1967年的427轿跑车,参加了邻州科尔维特俱乐部赞助的直线加速赛,从此对速度产生了浓厚的兴趣。那年,我们成立了伯克郡科尔维特俱乐部,享受着与其他科尔维特爱好者的友谊。
我们计划夏季从亚利桑那州到马萨诸塞州的往返公路旅行,其中还包括在NCM(国家赛车运动公园)停留。我了解到NCM赛车运动公园为公众提供了很多套餐,让他们可以驾驶自己的赛车在赛道上驰骋。我选择了C8 Touring赛道(约320美元),跟随教练绕着这条宏伟的赛道跑四圈。第二天只有另一对夫妇计划驾驶,所以我们得到了工作人员的全程关注。我们到达活动现场时,天上下着小雨。我担心活动会被取消(谁会在雨中驾驶一辆高性能跑车呢?)。活动工作人员检查了赛道,给我看了一段赛道布局的视频,并向我介绍了 Rapid Blue C8。几分钟后,我就跟着我的超级教练 Tabb Stansbury 绕着赛道跑了一圈。第一圈我感觉很棒,但接下来几圈雨下得越来越大,能见度也降低了。
Tabb 让我可以控制速度,尽我所能地跑,结果我跑得很快。这是我人生清单上能完成的几件事之一。而且我们只用了几个小时就完成了!非常感谢 NCM 赛车公园的工作人员,尤其是 Tabb。你们太棒了!
我的新愿望清单是买一辆新的科尔维特,选配博物馆接送服务,然后再去 Tabb……