[MY_SUV]

I have a friend that wants to buy a friend a Christmas present of driving a race car. NASCAR would be preffered but formula 1 or indy ok too.

He intends to fly him to wherever the event is. (Travels a lot and has a lot of skymiles)

Anyone have any knowledge of where to go for such a thing?

[WRX_XB9R]

1-800-BE PETTY

They have ride along, and driving schools in retired Cup cars at various tracks across the country.

[sciolist]

Quite a few of the better caliber tracks have racing schools associated with them. You might want to give some consideration to the specific track and location of choice.

Many of the racing schools have one-day programs that are geared toward people who just want to do a few laps of arrive and drive. Of course you could also do one of the programs designed for novices who actually want to learn to race.

As an example, Pro Drive is the school at PIR: http://www.prodrive.net/racing_school.shtml

I think all of their basic programs use spec Fords though.

[MY_SUV]

Thanks for the info.

I think he is interested in NASCAR mainly. I found a great site and forwarded it on.

[RoadKillSTi]

wow, that is really cool... I need more friends like that!

[OneWay]

Originally Posted by WRX_XB9R

1-800-BE PETTY

They have ride along, and driving schools in retired Cup cars at various tracks across the country.

Yup if Nascar is his thing he should go with the petty school.

[USAF_STi]

Do it at daytona. i lived their all of my life and had the oppurtunity to do it and it was great.