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Vette73 · 03-07-2017

Just got back from a three day level one performance driving school in Las Vegas....Got to drive a 2015 Z-51 Corvette on a 2.1 mile track for three days..What a rush !!!!

This was my first performance driving school and I have to say, the accommodations and the food was top notch....The place was immaculate for having three different race tracks surrounding it...

The instructors are all relatively young and seem very enthusiastic about there teaching.....First day was getting yourself familiar with the stingray, up shifts,downshifts,braking,wet braking,high speed braking,figure eights etc...

When it came to track time they had four of us follow the instructor in a lead car,fourth gear all around the track....This was done many times....When you were behind the instructor he would speak to you from his car, the sound was piped in through the radio of the car...

Second day consisted of higher speed and third and fourth gear shifts ....Therec was no speed limit ,drive within your means and safely was expressed throughput the day....

Third day, your on your own, with them just supervising you from outside the race track.....No speed limit !!!!....Ten cars on the track at one time, passing was allowed but had to be initiated through the radio first.....Two spots to pass, the long straight and the inside straight....

A good time around the track is around 1:30......Hands nine and three on the wheels and I have to say it's quite a rush.....On the straight you can get it iup to 110-115 , more experienced 120-125......

Never did something like that and I highly recommend it.....I actually won this trip when I was in Carlisle last August when I was with the ZR-1 registry.....They also gave me five hundred in cash to offset my plane fare.....Trip was well worth it......Wasn't looking to set any speed records, just looking to stay safe , learn and have a good time...

03-07-2017	#1
Vette73 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Brooklyn ny Posts: 1,044	3 days at Ron Fellows Corvette driving school Just got back from a three day level one performance driving school in Las Vegas....Got to drive a 2015 Z-51 Corvette on a 2.1 mile track for three days..What a rush !!!! This was my first performance driving school and I have to say, the accommodations and the food was top notch....The place was immaculate for having three different race tracks surrounding it... The instructors are all relatively young and seem very enthusiastic about there teaching.....First day was getting yourself familiar with the stingray, up shifts,downshifts,braking,wet braking,high speed braking,figure eights etc... When it came to track time they had four of us follow the instructor in a lead car,fourth gear all around the track....This was done many times....When you were behind the instructor he would speak to you from his car, the sound was piped in through the radio of the car... Second day consisted of higher speed and third and fourth gear shifts ....Therec was no speed limit ,drive within your means and safely was expressed throughput the day.... Third day, your on your own, with them just supervising you from outside the race track.....No speed limit !!!!....Ten cars on the track at one time, passing was allowed but had to be initiated through the radio first.....Two spots to pass, the long straight and the inside straight.... A good time around the track is around 1:30......Hands nine and three on the wheels and I have to say it's quite a rush.....On the straight you can get it iup to 110-115 , more experienced 120-125...... Never did something like that and I highly recommend it.....I actually won this trip when I was in Carlisle last August when I was with the ZR-1 registry.....They also gave me five hundred in cash to offset my plane fare.....Trip was well worth it......Wasn't looking to set any speed records, just looking to stay safe , learn and have a good time...