After years of analysis, we’ve turned the traditional curriculum inside-out. Our innovative method takes drivers up a steep learning curve beginning with car control.

While most racing schools teach car control as an advanced activity, we recognize that seat time is a precious commodity.  Thus, we maximize driving time for quicker results. The drivers we graduate are self-sufficient confident and capable, making them both safe and fast.

Our approach is a holistic one, encompassing all facets of a racecar driver’s career, from nutrition, chassis set-up and effects of aerodynamics to race-craft, data acquisition and seminars hosted by industry experts.

Driving is one thing. Racing is another.

This accelerated course includes the fundamental driving exercises of the 3-Day Racing School, while adding an emphasis on competition theory and racecraft. By providing ample seat time, we’ll get you started on the art of racing, by adding specific exercises in starting, passing, drafting and tire management. The course culminates with the participants completing two races, including standing starts.

Data analysis following a track session has become an indispensable tool in every race driver’s routine.  Technical partner Pi Resarch has equipped the FJR-50 with an extensive array of data collection equipment that includes the state-of-the-art Vids 2 system.

Extensive data overlay with the target driver (instructor) who is capable of lap record pace around insures that no lost time is left undiscovered. It will be discovered defined and eradicated systematically starting with seconds, then tenths, then hundredths of a second.

This school is the ultimate mix of instruction with the maximum amount of track time.

Picking up where the 2-day School of Racing leaves off, the third day becomes your day to apply everything you learned on days 1 and 2 with a complete day of lapping.  The racer will engage in classroom instruction and paddock exercises to learn what the FJR-50 can do in a controlled situation before commencing to the multiple session lapping day.

Completion of this course enables the racer to obtain a competitive racing license.

For those who simply want the thrill of driving a race car, this is it.  Start with a driver’s meeting, then get fitted for your race car: driver safety gear, seat, belts and pedals.  Next, it’s a cockpit procedures debrief before ignition on and out to the track.  A professional driver will show you the racing line and reference points before beginning with a sequential gearbox shifting exercise and slalom. Finish with a lapping sessions around the 2.52-mile Infineon Raceway at progressively higher speeds.

You’ve invested a lot in your sports car. Why not invest a small amount in learning to get the most out of it?  The Jim Russell High Performance Course offers the opportunity for you to explore your and your car’s limits while getting feedback from expert drivers in a safe and controlled environment.

Whether you’re into autocrossing, rallying or just touring the open roads, this course is designed for you. Open to high performance cars less than 10 years old. Convertibles must have rollover protection for driver and passenger.