Doc Wong "Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinics!"
Be a better, safer driver!
The
purpose of this clinic is to have fun, really enjoy your car and to improve
your driving skills. Being smooth, improving your cornering skills and having
more control of your car is not only more fun, but safer!
Each month we feature one of the following topics:
· “Friction Circle”
· “Field of Vision”
· "Smoothness"
· "Tire Pressures and Tire Selection"
· “Brake and Throttle Control”
· “Lines of Travel”
· “Heel and Toe Shifting”
· “Causes and Solutions to Understeering”
· “Causes and Solutions to Oversteering”
· “Rain Driving Techniques”
·
“Braking and Entering”
Each
clinic also covers driving within your skill level and how to avoid getting in
over your head in driving situations.
Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinic dates:
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Driving Skills and Skyline Fun Tour Clinic dates:
To Be Announced
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Time: 9:00 am 10:30 am for the
talk part of the clinic
10:30 am to 3:00 pm for the tour. Lunch in Davenport at 12:30 pm
Place:
Physicians Plus Medical Group
1391 Woodside Road,
Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
Register: Just e-mail me at DocWong@aol.com or leave a message on my cell phone
at: (650) 483-7775
Type of Car: Any
Cost: $0.00
Here's how the day will go:
We meet at my office at 9am and do the talk/clinic part till about 10:30am.
We have a variety of guest instructors including:
Aaron Tachibania: SCCA GTU & GTO driver/owner of Datsun 510, Datsun 280ZX
Turbo and Pantera. Finished 4th as a
privateer GTU. Currently organizes Car track days for seat time.
or
Hugh O'Neal: Winner of the Jim Russell Pro Series, getting the "Rising
Star Award" in the Firehawk Pro series and driving
Indy Lights cars is also the past owner of Jim Russell Racing School.
or
Chuck McCalmet: President's Cup, Tri-State Championship winner, Marlboro, VIR, Bridgehamptom, IRP, Loudon Enduro Karts winner, race instructor, has tested in a Lotus 23 with the lap record, owned and raced a Shelby GT 350. Past Team Manager and Mechanic with the USA Karting team winning the World Championship in Hong Kong in 1972. He currently drives a Beck 550 Spyder and 911SC!
Needless to say we have some talented people willing to volunteer their time!
Then we take off for our tour. We'll stop at Gazos Road and Hwy 1 and
then proceed down Hwy 1 to Davenport for lunch.
After lunch we take more twisty roads ending up on Hwy 9 and Skyline Blvd (Hwy
35). See below on the complete
route and directions to my office.
1. Keep your headlights on, that
way it's easy to see whose part of the group and where everyone is.
2. Bring a family radio walkie-talkie. We'll be on Channel 9.
3. Drive within your skill level and at your own pace. Don't try to keep up with a faster driver.
4. If you're holding someone else up, please let him or her pass. If you need to get ahead of a slower driver, do so safely at the stops.
5. Drive at a
sane pace.
RIDE ROUTE:
We start at Dr. Wong's office on Woodside Road (Hwy 84) in Redwood City. We go
up Woodside Road, through Woodside, and on up the hill to Skyline Blvd.
From there, we head down Hwy 84 (name now changed to La Honda Road). We'll stop
at the San Gregorio General Store at Stage Road and Hwy 84 for a short break.
From San Gregorio, we go south on Stage Road to the little town of Pescadero
(which is a veritable METROPOLIS compared to San Gregorio). Then we head east
on Pescadero Road a short ways to Cloverdale Road, where we turn south (right)
again. We follow Cloverdale road down to Gazos Creek Road, where we turn west
(right).
We follow Gazos Creek Road to Highway 1 where we can take a break. There is gas
here, so fuel up if you need. This
point is about 25 miles from my office.
Then take a trip down 1 to Davenport, where we stop for lunch. After lunch,
it's south on Highway 1 again to Bonny Doone Road, where we turn east (left).
Don't turn right there, or you'll be surprised at the lack of floatation a set
of air bags provide. ;-)
Up Bonny Doon Road to Smith Grade, right on Smith Grade to Empire Grade. North
(left) on Empire Grade to Jamison Creek Road, down Jamison Creek Road to
Highway 236. Right on Highway 236 to Highway 9 in Boulder Creek. Another short
break in Boulder Creek (gas, if needed), then up Highway 9 (east) to Skyline,
where we assemble at the little rest area there for a final meeting. After our
meeting and bull session, the group breaks up and everyone is on their own.
Hope you can find your way home from there!
Directions to Physicians + Plus Medical Group
From San Francisco (or north of Redwood City):
Go south on Hwy 280 (pass Hwy 92 exit, go another 10 minutes). Exit Woodside
Road (Hwy 84) - turn left off the exit - you'll be going east on Woodside.
About 1 1/2 miles on your right, on the corner of San Carlos Ave and Woodside.
You'll see a new 2 story building with West Coast Video on the bottom. Park on
the street, you'll see all the bikes. Dr. Wong's office is upstairs above the
video store.
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From the South Bay:
Go north on Hwy 280, and take the Woodside Road (Hwy 84) exit and turn right,
heading east on Woodside road. About 1 1/2 miles on your right, on the corner
of San Carlos Ave and Woodside. You'll see a new 2 story building with West
Coast Video on the bottom. Park on the street, you'll see all the bikes. Dr.
Wong's office is upstairs above the video store.
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From East Bay:
Go across the San Mateo Bridge Go South on Hwy 101 Exit Woodside Road (Hwy 84)
- turn right off the exit - you'll be going West on Woodside. About 2 miles on
your left, on the corner of San Carlos Ave and Woodside. You'll see a new 2
story building with West Coast Video on the bottom. Park on the street, you'll
see all the bikes. Dr. Wong's office is upstairs above the video store.
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Drive well!
Doc Wong
Arctic Silver/Boxster Red/Bk 1997 Boxster
Pristine Red 1991 Miata-Molly!
Harry K. Wong, D.C.
Redwood City
Cell: (650) 483-7775
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