V8 Race Car Drive Day - Oran Park, Narellan

Here's your chance to be a racing car driver for a day in a race-prepared V8 Commodore. You drive with a race driver in the passenger seat pushing you the whole way. The race includes lightning pitstops and driver changes, just like the Bathurst 1000.

Narellan Sydney New South Wales

Each course is a full day session running from 9am to 5pm. NSW offers two sessions per year

There are 4 people per team. On track training is one on one. There can be up to 8 cars on the track at one time.

The participant must be a confident manual driver and be of at least "P" plate licence standard. There is no need for any racing experience or licences. The instructors are great with nervous first-timers. We supply race suits and helmets, so wear comfortable footwear e.g. sand shoes, joggers etc. You are welcome to use your own race suit and helmet if you like. The courses are conducted rain or shine.

The day starts with a brief but comprehensive lecture on the day, the cars, advanced driving techniques including steering, braking, oversteer, understeer and racing lines. You are then dressed in a race suit and helmet and divided into teams of 4. You will take it in turns driving 5 to 6 laps at a time, getting faster and faster as the morning progresses. During the morning session you will practise driver changes, decide on a race order and maybe practise a race. After a sit-down gourmet lunch we are back on the track for a qualifying session, where each driver will drive 4 laps as fast as they can to try for that perfect lap and a chance at the fastest qualifying trophy. The co-ordinator will now calculate the handicaps for the race based on the qualifying times. A calculated time penalty is given to each of the fastest cars with the slowest car taking off first. At the end of the race points are calculated for each team and the second race is ready to start. In the end it's back to the briefing room, get changed and prepare for the trophy presentation for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Certificates are handed out to everybody, with their fastest lap time printed on it.

An indemnity form will need to be signed for both the operator and the race circuit. For under 18 year-olds a parent/guardian will also need to sign the forms. The course is conducted once a month in WA and SA but only twice a year in TAS and NSW.

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AUD$ 625
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