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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 (1 day event)
Carolina Motorsports Park One-on-One with Phil Wicks
Kershaw, SC
 Saturday, March 20, 2010 (1 day event)
Carolina Motorsports Park One-on-One with Phil Wicks
Kershaw, SC
Sunday, March 21, 2010 (1 day event)
Carolina Motorsports Park One-on-One with Phil Wicks
Kershaw, SC
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Review of Phil Wicks Driving Academy and The weather was not too hot Saturday morning. However, it did warm us as the day progressed. This was the fourth annual event sponsored by Hendrick MINI of Charleston. Brad Davis, the general manager of Rick Hendrick’s ver successful MINI dealership, brought several new MINIs to be demonstrated on the famous Roebling Road track. The works R56 JCW was very impressive, and very fast. Phil Wicks commented that all one would need to do to make it a very competitive race car is to equip it with race tires and proper safety equipment. The Phil Wicks Driving Academy was well attended and, as is the normal practice, all students worked one-on-one with an instructor the entire weekend, interspersed with classroom instruction by Phil Wicks himself and power point instruction by Chris Medico. Saturday evening, a dutch treat dinner was attended by most of the drivers and their friends. The original Italian Job movie was shown. And, of course, the now famous chorus of “You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” was led by Phil Wicks. Sunday’s weather was a bit more humid and continued with the driving academy activities. Late in the morning, twenty cars lined up for the Solo I Autocross competition. In this event, there were three classes of car specifications. The fastest car was the Hendrick R56 JCW driven by Marcos DiBiasi with a time of 1:39.25. The eight fastest cars were eligible to enter the High Speed Time Trial. This has become a very popular event at Phil Wicks Driving Academy and points count toward the North American MINI Cooper Challenge. The eight cars lined up and were sent off on the 5-lap time trial with equal time gaps between them. It was very exciting and commentator called the race. The eventual winner was Chad Matthews in a MINI Cooper. Chad, who is another Hendrick driver, was awarded the winner’s medallion. All Phil Wicks Driving Academy students were awarded certificates of completion, and medallions were awarded to Solo I class winners at lunch on Sunday. Below are the complete results of the Solo I competition:
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