SPRING MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS
RANCH ANNOUNCES RON FELLOWS PERFORMANCE DRIVING SCHOOL
Nevada’s premier Corvette Advanced Driving School just
got better with addition of racing legend
LAS VEGAS,
Nev. – (Oct 20, 2008) – Spring Mountain Motorsports
Ranch, located in Pahrump just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada,
is proud to announce the
Ron Fellows Performance Driving School,
featuring Corvette driving programs, set to debut on October
20th.
In
the world of auto racing, Ron Fellows’ name is synonymous
with Corvette. He’s been a leading part of Corvette Racing
since the program began more than 10 years ago. And over
the years he has been the team’s most successful driver – 26
American Le Mans Series (ALMS) wins, three-time ALMS GT1
champion, two-time GT1 winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and
overall winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Fellows’
impressive array of awards, combined with his unprecedented
four consecutive ALMS most Popular Driver Award, are all
reasons for Spring Mountain to consider this new alliance a
“jewel in its crown.”
The goal of this partnership is to provide the most
highly-regarded and comprehensive driving school curriculum
available in the world of motorsports. The new Ron Fellows
Performance Driving School will offer
a wide range of adrenaline-packed
driving programs that provides unparalleled track experience
for its students. Curriculums include one, two and
three-day Corvette Programs, a newly-released ZR1
Program, and an SCCA License Recommendation Program.
“We are thrilled to be working
with Ron Fellows to present the new Ron Fellows Performance
Driving School and believe that our students will leave this
experience with a greater and safer understanding of how to
handle a vehicle of this caliber,” said Spring Mountain
Motorsports Ranch owner, John Morris. “Our highly-rated
Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School, which is already
considered one of the nation’s premier driving schools, will
be greatly enhanced by Ron’s expertise from his highly
successful racing career, resulting in an unmatched Corvette
experience for our valued customers.”
The Ron
Fellows Performance Driving School offers driving
programs with a great amount of track time. Fellows has
developed a special training program at Spring Mountain
Motorsports Ranch to help students master the Corvette’s
high-powered performance, and to enhance their driving
enjoyment on Spring Mountain’s exhilarating 2.2-mile
purpose-built road course. The program features
specifically designed exercises to improve students’
ability, including braking exercises, skid-car practice,
heel-toe downshifting techniques and premium track time with
lead-and-follow sessions, throttle modulation, and visual
scanning. The 2.2-mile track at Spring Mountain Motorsports
Ranch was designed specifically as a learning tool and is
one of the industry’s most highly regarded tracks.
The
newly-released ZR1 driving program will be one of only two
in the nation endorsed by Corvette, and is free with the
purchase of any 2009 Corvette ZR1. With 638 horsepower and
604 ft/Lbs of torque, the highly anticipated ZR1 is the most
powerful, and most expensive, Corvette ever made. But
because it has a limited production of around 2,000, it is
also nearly impossible to purchase. But thanks to Spring
Mountain Driving School’s new partnership with Corvette
racing legend, Ron Fellows, they have acquired two of these
amazing vehicles, and taking them for a spin around the
facility’s 3.1 mile track is now a possibility.
Ron Fellows
participated in the on-track development of the Corvette
ZR1, America’s Supercar, and will be instrumental in
facilitating the delivery of several ZR1’s to Spring
Mountain for the new owners of this amazing new vehicle.
Ron Fellows Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain
Motorsports Ranch is endorsed by Chevrolet for training, and
each new ZR1 owner will receive a certificate for a two-day
driving school, compliments of Chevrolet.
“I'm really
excited about this new venture with Spring Mountain
Motorsports Ranch and am very impressed with the commitment
of the owners in creating a state-of-the-art performance
driving facility for their students,” said Ron Fellows. “My
passion for Corvettes equals my passion for driving.
Together with a great team of instructors at the Spring
Mountain Advanced Driving School, we will present an
incredibly strong curriculum that provides an educational
and fun driving experience with lasting benefits for anyone
who attends.”
About Club Spring Mountain at
Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch
Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch is
a 193-acre facility for motorsports enthusiasts located in
Pahrump, Nevada (only 45 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip).
Taking its cues from world-renowned courses, Spring Mountain
Motorsports Ranch’s exhilarating road course features
elements of the Long Beach Grand Prix Street Circuit, as
well as one corner that is an exact duplicate of Moss Corner
at the Mosport International raceway in Ontario Canada.
Demanding drivers will find banked corners, blind drops,
technical off-camber corners and plenty of lightning-fast
straightaways. The Nevada firm includes a variety of track
configurations ranging from 2.2 miles to 3.5 total miles,
and also includes a 5,000 square-foot administration
building, an 8,000 square-foot building dedicated to
Corvette Driving School operations, 56 garages for rental,
and is home of the Advanced Driving School. Spring Mountain
Motorsports Ranch also features a Lotus Performance Driving
School, a Racing school and an SCCA License Recommendation
school. In 2006, the firm launched Club Spring Mountain, a
Private Motorsports Country Club with special amenities
including an 8,000 square-foot exclusive resort-style club
house complete with a track viewing tower, pool, fitness
center, massage center, BBQ area and adjoining firing range
and racquetball court. The Club membership also includes
guaranteed track time for its members. For more information
visit
www.clubspringmountain.com or
www.racespringmountain.com.
