What's an HPDE?
Today's performance cars offer great handling and power, but their potential can't be reached on your local streets. Overcrowded roads don't allow you to take corners at a certain angle or off ramps at a brisk speed. Most drivers do not have solid knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of both themselves and their cars. So before you get in trouble or lose control of the car, its time to get some training. We're not talking about the training that you got from your High School Driver Ed teacher or the driving instruction your Dad gave you in the family sedan. We're talking about getting instruction on a racetrack with instructors that have experience driving cars like yours. They'll show you the right way to enter a turn and how to brake properly while keeping the car in control - coming through it all safely.
It's Not A Race
High Performance Driving Events are run as schools where no competition is involved. The intention is to teach you how to drive your car safely at high speeds. This is the best place to discover whether racing cars as an amateur or professional is right for you.
You will be separated into class groups based on previous experience - everyone has to be a novice at least once. Trophies are never awarded nor are times posted. Learning to drive fast and safely are the key objectives. High-speed events are an opportunity for you to drive your car at the speeds it was made for and under the safest conditions possible. The idea is to have fun while learning your car's abilities and expanding your own skills.
Qualified and experienced instructors are supplied to accompany you in the car at-speed. They start you slowly and allow you to progress at a safe, comfortable rate, with encouragement to improve your technique and confidence. Instructors want to make sure you get your money's worth - they also want you back, so they want you to have fun. It is not unusual for students to attend several different schools a year, especially if they are held at different venues. Improvement is always possible.
Our HPDE driving school sessions are usually held over weekends, and our schedule takes you to numerous, well-established tracks in the Northeast. The instruction strikes a realistic balance between classroom and track time in the driver's seat. If your long-term goal is to go racing, this is a good place to start to see if all-out racing is for you.
The thrill of driving a bonafide racing circuit is a great feeling everyone should experience at least once. It sharpens your awareness of the car and makes you a safer street driver.
No Car? No Problem!
Check out our friends at "In The Seat Driving Experience" where they will provide you with a track-prepared 5 speed Mustang GT, and we'll supply you with expert instruction. For more information visit their web site www.itsdrivingexperience.com.
