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As "The Official High Performance Driving School of Cadillac," the school is a 2-day program subsidized for owners of new 2017 Cadillac V-Series models. [ 4 ] The track also hosts Spring Mountain Racing, a maintenance and repair shop for members to keep their Radical and Wolf race cars in top condition before Club racing.
High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) refers to driving schools held on dedicated race tracks designed to teach drivers proper high-speed driving techniques. HPDE events are held by various automobile enthusiasts' clubs at some of the most renowned road-course tracks around the world. Participants include both students and instructors.
The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving was an American performance driving school located in Chandler, Arizona at the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. [ 1 ] At the time of its founding, the school was the largest purpose-built driving school in the world.
In 1975, Skip Barber started the Skip Barber School of High Performance Driving at Riverside International Raceway. [1] In 1976, it was renamed the Skip Barber Racing School. Despite selling the school in 1999, Barber remains active in motorsports today as the owner of Lime Rock Park. [2] On May 22, 2017, the school filed for Chapter 11 ...
Harris Hill Raceway was conceived as a local place to drive high-performance cars, responding to the lack of club-based tracks in Central Texas. [5] [6] The track was founded by Bo Rivers with his daughter Dacia and her spouse Eric Beverding. [3] The track was paved in December 2007 [7] and officially opened in June 2008. [6]
The Alpine Academy, [1] formerly known as the RF1 Driver Programme, Renault Driver Development and Renault Sport Academy, is a driver development programme to support young racing drivers through their careers. The programme was created by Renault F1 in 2002.
Stein moved from New York City to Seattle in 2001 and became involved in "high performance driver education," [3] received his racing license with the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), [3] won the points championship in the Northwest Region Spec Miata class in 2004, [4] and left racing after a serious crash — while racing in the rain. [5]
In 1998, McLaren became the first Formula One team to establish a driver development program, founding the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme; [1] its initial cohort famously included 13-year-old kart racer Lewis Hamilton, [2] who became the first driver development program alumnus in Formula One to win the World Drivers' Championship in 2008. [3]