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RACING SCHOOLS
Your first taste of racing.
Our One Day Racing School is the perfect program for someone seeking to experience the thrill of one of the world's fastest growing sports: racing. Each School begins with classroom sessions on a range of topics including vehicle dynamics, weight transfer, and the delicate balance between braking, steering, and throttle application.
These lessons are quickly put into practice with a variety of car-control exercises that allow participants to gain a greater understanding of the science behind vehicle dynamics and how it translates to racing. After completing safety equipment fitting and a car introduction guided by our instructors and technical staff, students hit the track in lead-follow exercises, experiencing motorsports from a whole new perspective.
One Day Racing School programs are offered in both our Skip Barber GT and our Skip Barber Formula Car. These programs are also offered at a variety of the tracks we visit. Scroll below to find a venue or car that matches your desire. Regardless of which you choose, you'll be eager to do more. That's where our Three Day Racing School fits in.
The One Day Racing School is a perfect gift for someone with a passion for motorsports and if you're not sure which track or date they want, you can check out our Gift Certificates!
Three Days. A Foundation for your future.
Build your foundation in racing with three days of classroom instruction, hands-on exercises, and progressive on-track coaching. Our signature Three Day Racing School develops the skills, confidence, and understanding you need to take your next step in motorsports.
Choose your experience in the Skip Barber GT, Skip Barber Formula Car or our GMS Pro Late Model stock car. Explore road-course racing in the GT or Formula Car. Each option follows a structured progression, with instruction tailored to the vehicle and circuit.
Learn the Fundamentals. Put Them into Practice.
Classroom sessions introduce the principles behind performance driving, including vehicle dynamics, weight transfer, tire grip, braking, cornering, and throttle application. Learn how to identify reference points, understand the racing line, and connect each input behind the wheel to the car’s behavior.
Guided exercises and coached driving sessions help you build consistency as you learn the car and circuit. Our instructors observe your driving and provide practical feedback throughout the school, helping you refine your technique with each session.
TWO DISCIPLINES. ONE SCHOOL.
ROAD COURSE
GT / FORMULA CAR
Develop your skills through the braking zones, corners, and straights of some of America’s most celebrated road courses.
Lead-follow exercises introduce the racing line and key reference points. Stop-box sessions provide direct instructor feedback, helping you improve your braking, cornering, and throttle application. As your skills develop, open-lapping sessions give you the opportunity to bring those lessons together. The program culminates in practice race starts ensuring you are ready for your first race day.
The GT and Formula Car Three Day Racing Schools place graduates on the path toward a racing license with SCCA or USAC and provide the foundation for our Two Day Advanced Racing School.
SHORT OVAL TRACK
GMS PRO LATE MODEL
Experience stock-car racing on short tracks across the country.
The GMS Late Model Three Day Racing School combines simulator training with progressive on-track instruction, helping you learn the oval’s racing line and develop your braking, throttle control, and consistency behind the wheel.
On the final day, put your training into action with a complete race-day experience: practice sessions, qualifying, and a wheel-to-wheel race.
From preparing for your qualifying run to taking the green flag alongside your fellow students, experience the excitement and demands of oval competition under the guidance of our instructors.
For more information email [email protected] or call 866-932-1949
Take the next step towards Competition.
The Two Day Advanced Racing School (ADV2) begins where the the Three Day Racing School closed and is designed to continue transforming a driver into a racer. Our ADV2 program places an emphasis on race craft and in-race decision-making. Classroom sessions and on-track drills places students in scenarios they can expect to encounter in real-world racing, allowing them to learn in a safe and controlled environment.
Build on your Foundation.
A unique component of the Two Day Advanced Racing School are the instructor passing exercises, where our expert teachers take to the track themselves and provide wheel-to-wheel education. Classroom sessions in the ADV2 feature discussions on side drafting, setting up passing opportunities, and the important things to keep in mind when you venture away from the racing line when you attempt to make that pass!
The Two Day Advanced Racing School is offered in both our Skip Barber GT and our Skip Barber Formula Car. Upon completion of the Two Day Advanced Racing School, drivers are eligible to enter into the Skip Barber Race Series. Conversely, if drivers are interested in sedan or touring car racing, they can consider one of a number of options available through Skip Barber Racing, including TC America powered by the Skip Barber Racing School.
Prior to entering into the Two Day Advanced Racing School, drivers must have completed the Three Day Racing School or be able to demonstrate a sufficient level of experience as determined by Skip Barber Racing School's instructional staff.
OUR TRACKS
VIRginia International Raceway | Alton, VA
VIRginia International Raceway is Skip Barber's home track and it's a staple of American motorsports. Using little more than a bulldozer, it's undulating courses were laid onto the Appalachian foothills in 1957. After laying dormant for over two decades, it was revived in 2000 and has become an icon of regional and national racing.
Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, FL
Sebring International Raceway began life as a World War II military installation, Hendricks Army Airfield, where B-17 and B-24 pilots trained. When the War ended, the city of Sebring took over the field turning the over 700 acre property into a commercial airport, and a race track. It's concrete surface is notoriously worn, giving rise to the track's slogan 'Respect the Bumps'.
Lime Rock Park | Lakeville, CT
Lime Rock Park is the original home of the Skip Barber Racing School and is where Skip Barber himself began instructing the first groups of students. The track is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and stands as our most popular venue in the Northeast. At just 1.530-miles, Lime Rock Park provides close-quarters racing and plenty of action.
Circuit of The Americas | Austin, TX
Circuit of The Americas was the first purpose-built Formula 1 track in the United States and is one of our most popular locations. The track has gone on to host NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, and even Australian Super Cars since it opened in 2012. Featuring fast, flowing corners and slower, more technical sections, the track presents drivers with a mixture of challenges to adapt to.
Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, CA
Located in the heart of California's Wine Country, Sonoma Raceway presents drivers with no shortage of technical and demanding corners. A lap around this track is enhanced by the undulating foothills the track lays upon. The track is less than 90 minutes from San Francisco making this venue a top choice for corporate events.
Laguna Seca | Monterey, CA
There is perhaps no location that matches the breathtaking views, luxury accommodations, and world-class dining that the Monterey Peninsula offers. Then you get to hit the track and take on one of the most iconic corners in all of motorsports, the 11-story drop down 'The Corkscrew', before descending even further for another lap around this legendary circuit.
New Jersey Motorsports Park | Millville, NJ
New Jersey Motorsports Park offers a pair of unique layouts: Thunderbolt and Lightning. Each track traces its name back to two of America’s most iconic World War II fighter planes, the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-38 Lightning that both flew from the neighboring Millville Army Air Field.
OUR CARS
Skip Barber GT
Built from the Ford Mustang with updates from our friends at BFGoodrich, Kooks, Tremec, HP Tuners, Eibach, and VP Fuels, the Skip Barber GT gives students a hands-on introduction to road-course racing. Its front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout provides an engaging platform for learning weight transfer, braking, cornering, and throttle control. Develop your skills in a purpose-prepared school car with guidance from our instructors throughout your program.
Skip Barber Formula Car
Experience the precision of the Skip Barber Formula 4. Built around a carbon-fiber monocoque and powered by a turbocharged Ford EcoBoost engine, this purpose-built, open-wheel race car delivers 160 horsepower through a paddle-shifted six-speed transmission. Front and rear wings generate aerodynamic downforce, increasing grip as speed builds. Develop your braking, cornering, and throttle control while discovering the responsive handling of a formula car.
Skip Barber Stock Car
Get behind the wheel of a purpose-built GMS Pro Late Model stock car and discover the demands of oval racing.
At the short tracks across the nation, learn how racing line, braking, throttle application, and consistency work together on an oval. Simulator training helps introduce the circuit and techniques before you build your skills on track.
Skip Barber GTX
Born out of our unique partnership with GMS Race Cars, the Skip Barber GTX is engineered to deliver an authentic, high-performance stock car experience. Please note, the Skip Barber GTX is our newest offering. While we plan on expanding our offerings with this new and exciting platform, we are beginning with a unique, four-day, long program designed to safely introduce drivers to this incredibly powerful machine.
BEYOND SCHOOL
Skip Barber Race Series
Since 1976, the Skip Barber Race Series has served as the world’s premier driver development series. Alexander Rossi, Josef Newgarden, Sergio Perez, Jordan Taylor, and countless others began their careers in racing with the Skip Barber Race Series for a reason.
Skip Barber Racing
Skip Barber Racing is the natural next step for drivers who have excelled in Skip Barber Racing School programs. With a history of entries in a variety of series, drivers can seamlessly evolve from students in a classroom to racers on a podium.
FAQ
What Programs Are Available When?
Skip Barber Racing School programs have no permanent home. Instead, we visit a number of different tracks across the country throughout the year. That may mean our Formula Cars are in Virginia one week but Florida the next. At the same time, we may be using our GT vehicles in California. You can explore by track if you're interested in a specific venue, or by car if that is more important to you!
Can I Bring A Guest?
Yes, guests are welcome to join you as a spectator at all of our programs. However, they may be prohibited from some areas such as pit road due to the venue, or Skip Barber's, safety policies.
What Experience Do I Need?
While there is no requirement to have prior racing experience, we do highly recommend drivers have a basic proficiency with manual transmissions.
The Two Day Advanced Racing School requires completion of the Three Day Racing School or posses an equivalent level of experience.
Is There An Age Limit?
Drivers that are below the age of 16 may be allowed on a case-by-case basis with permission from Skip Barber Racing School instructors and staff. Past experience in karting or other forms of racing may help drivers gain approval. Drivers under the age of 16 are encouraged to contact [email protected] for more information.
In the Skip Barber Driving Academy, drivers who are 15 with a valid learner's permit are eligible to enroll.
Is Safety Equipment Provided?
Yes! We provide helmets, racing suits, shoes, and HANS devices to all Racing School drivers. All drivers must wear closed toe shoes, we recommend tennis shoes or driving shoes. Drivers are allowed to bring their own personal equipment. Skip Barber Driving Academy programs do not require any specific equipment.
What If It Rains?
All of our programs run, rain or shine, and our cars are fitted with tires that can be utilized in a variety of track conditions.