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Jim Russell is long gone as a school and out of business in the UK. There are two schools using the name in the USA and Canada, both owed by separate companies with separate curriculum's and different types of cars.
The USA school is owned by a company that has sunk almost 20 million into the school at Sonoma. The school cars are Lola F3 based and the prices are really high. It will be interesting to see whether that high price tag is sustainable.
The racing school business has evolved and "racing schools" are a small part of the business now. For big "racing schools" in the USA like Bondurant and Skip Barber about 80-85% of the business is entertainment, corporate events, defensive driving, etc. and not actual racing schools in single seater formula cars. It's the same in the UK I hear from some instructors I know over there.
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