[OldJedi]

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Corvette Precision Drive held this weekend at Palm Beach International Raceway. My day started with an early morning drive and was the first one to arrive before the sun came up. I pulled up and was greeted by a new Laguna Blue Vette with a black stinger to match my Marina Blue with a black stinger hood.

At about 7:30am there were approximately 90 cars lined up and anxious to get inside the fence. The Laguna Blue car led in the caravan that consisted of Porsches, BMW's, Corvettes and a couple of Ferrari's along with an assortment of other cars. After parking, we signed in using our preregistered email address. Warning: make sure that your driver's license has not expired. Chevrolet will not let you drive their cars with an expired license. I watched one guy get turned away for an expired DL, that had to be a long ride home.

Chevrolet had new Corvettes in static displays all around the main tent. Inside the tent was a nice breakfast for all of us put on by Bon Appetite. John Fitzpatrick, Corvette and Camaro Marketing Manager, gave us a welcome address telling us what to expect for the morning and to have a fun day.

Following the address we were split up into different color groups and went to three different areas of the race track. My yellow Stingray group had fifteen members and we walked over to the Go Kart Track. Helmets and head socks were provided for those of us that needed them. All of the driving sessions were set up as lead - follow events. Following the instructor around the tight Go Kart track in the much larger Corvette showed off its ability to handle sharp decreasing radius curves. The instructors all drove new Camaros and we followed behind in Corvettes.