Have you ever dreamed of mastering the skills needed to drive on a racetrack? Have you ever wondered what it might be like to push your car to its limits, or to YOURS? If you’ve answered YES to either of these questions, the NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky has the answer.
Each year, the NCM Motorsports Park hosts a series of HPDE events that are tailored to teach drivers of all levels how to further improve their skills on the MSP’s 3.2 mile racetrack. Whether you are a complete novice or a serious automobile enthusiast, these HPDE events are designed to provide you with a driving program that fits your particular needs/skill level. You’ll learn how to improve your track times, and drive faster and safer than you ever imagined possible.
The NCM Motorsports Park hosted its most recent HPDE class on the weekend of August 26-27, 2023. Having had a strong desire to improve my lap times and to master the skills needed to begin running the track without a lead car, I knew I needed what this class had to offer. I had previously attended an HPDI class in October 2022, and had already learned a great deal about how to circumnavigate this highly technical, 23-turn road course. What I hadn’t been prepared for was just how much I still had to learn, or how working one-on-one with an instructor would provide me with new skills far more effectively than any lead/follow instruction ever could.
The drivers/instructors meeting starts at 7:45 at the NCM Motorsports Park on day one of the HPDE session.
Our day started at 7:45am with a drivers meeting in the classroom area next to the track. The “classroom” area is currently a large common area within a temporary, makeshift facility that’s been erected on the premises and which houses the track store, a picnic area, and a partially enclosed meeting area/classroom. This area has been serving as the track’s primary center of operations until repairs to the track’s primary facilities are completed. As we’ve shared in previous posts, the track facilities were damaged last December when a tornado ripped its way across much of the state of Kentucky, including the city of Bowling Green and the National Corvette Museum’s facilities.
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