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What is The Performance Driving School A PERFORMANCE DRIVING EVENT IS…..
One of the most popular forms of enjoyment for an owner of a high performance car is high performance driving. Far too many owners currently take their enthusiasm for the raw power to the city streets and country roads – sometimes with unfortunate results. The Performance Driving School (PDS) offers the opportunity for owners to explore the limits of their cars and themselves as drivers in a legal, highly disciplined, and safe environment. Each Performance Driving event features three different components:
(1) A High Performance Driving School (2) A Timed Solo Competition (3) Performance Racing League
The High Performance Driving School Venue Development, Inc. (VDI) was founded to provide “The Performance Driving School”. This continues to be our main emphasis. Far too many owners of high performance cars have had accidents during the early term of their ownership. In large part, this results from the very reason the individual purchased the car in the first place: its unique power and handling characteristics. We strive to make a positive impact on the lives of the owners and their families by teaching proper car handling and defensive driving techniques. The most critical aspects of our teaching cannot be obtained from textbooks or inside school cars that do not resemble your car in terms of power to weight ratio, throttle response, cornering attitude, braking and traction. The most effective method of instruction is inside your car.
Not only is this the most effective training technique, but it also is the least expensive to the student. Most high performance driving schools charge their students approximately $800-$1,000 per day and put their students in cars that don't exhibit the handling characteristics or driving techniques required of your car. Our students take the class in their own car, pay less than $300 per day. Rookies will additionally receive a $100 discount applied to their first event. Instruction is provided for beginning, intermediate and advanced drivers through a combination of on-track and classroom sessions. Drivers are broken into four groups: Green – Rookie; Blue – Intermediate; White – Advanced and Red – Licensed Racers. To maximize safety and provide a comfortable learning environment, each student is placed in one of these run group with students of similar experience. Run group size is strictly limited to assure maximum quality and quantity of track time. Students are paired for the event with instructors who are experienced drivers, ensuring that techniques appropriate for your cars are taught. Lap times are carefully monitored for each student to assure they are properly placed on track with drivers of equal skill. Adjustments are made throughout the weekend to maintain maximum spacing of cars on track. Restrictions on passing are strictly enforced. Professional corner workers are present at all significant flag stations. Professional medical and rescue personnel are always present. Performance-specific vendors are present at each event to assist participants with tires, brakes, safety, and other trackside maintenance services. Other than in Detroit there is more expertise present at a PDS event than any other place on earth. And everyone’s goal is to provide drivers with as safe a learning experience as possible.
Timed Solo Competition
After experiencing the thrill and satisfaction of learning basic high performance driving skills, most graduates of The Performance Driving School desire to participate in more driving schools and events. At the same event, but in separate run groups, VDI conducts competition events to satisfy these needs. This enables graduates of the school to experiment with timed competition on the very same day or weekend. Cars are classified by their modifications so that driver skill is the primary determining factor in differences in performance. Safety continues to be paramount so safety modifications are required to be made in proportion to the performance modifications. Spectating between run sessions enables the students to observe first hand what advanced drivers are able to accomplish on track with cars similar to their own. Late model performance cars from completely stock to full race are on hand, showcasing many vendors’ products. Approximately 550 owners participate in both the school and the timed competition each year. This number has increased each year we have been in operation.
Performance Racing League A number of our more serious Challenge series competitors expressed the desire to do real wheel to wheel racing, but in a highly disciplined, relatively safe environment with other owners/drivers that they knew and trusted. In response to their needs, VDI created the Performance Racing League. We experimented with this at a number of our events in 1998 and determined that we would make it a permanent component of all VDI events beginning in 1999. Safety and driver skill are again emphasized requiring specific changes for safety and by allowing modifications designed to equalize cars. Hoosier Racing Tires has been the series sponsor since its inception and we have contract through 2007. As of this date, approximately fifty-five VDI graduates participate in the PRL. As a testament to the driver skills learned in the PRL, fifteen of our drivers are successfully competing in the SCCA Pro World Challenge series.
Whatever your experience level there is a place for you at The Performance Driving School. Come join us!
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Courtney Thomas Phone: 847-594-8477 |
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