High Performance Driver Education
The mission and purpose of the Porsche Club of America’s Driver Education Program is to provide a safe, structured and controlled teaching and learning environment. The PCA DE Program is designed so that participants can improve their driving abilities and acquire a better understanding of vehicle dynamics and driving safety. Participants will experience first-hand the capabilities of high performance automobiles in a controlled, closed-course environment and acquire skills that will enhance safer vehicle operation in all driving situations.
Announcing Niagara PCA 2023 HPDE Events.
Returning for 2023 – Intro to High Performance Driving**
This is a one day opportunity to experience a Driver Education event for yourself. It is an introduction to HPDE held on the second day of the May and August events. You will attend the drivers’ meeting, participate in the Intro to High Performance Driving specific classroom sessions, be driven around the track by a NRPCA Instructor for one session and be allowed to drive your own car with an instructor in a unique run group specific only to the Intro to HPD drivers. You will have an opportunity to drive your car at speed for two sessions: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Space is limited.
Here is a video done by First Settlers Region that gives you an excellent overview of HPDE. Learning Curves: High Performance Drivers Education
We have the dates for HPDE for 2023. Don’t miss out, mark them on your calendar.
September 25-26 – OctoberFast HPDE (fully instructed)
Intro to High Performance Driving will also return on the second day of the fully instructed DE’s.
Registration opens January 1st, 2023, on Club Reg.
Niagara on the Road
Niagara on the Road – Canandian Tire Motorsport Park*
June 13-14, 2023
Niagara on the Road II -Mid-Ohio
October 6-8, 2023
October 27-29, 2023
Registration for ALL Events via ClubRegistration.net commences 12:01 am, January 1st, 2023.
Use the link below to access all of our events.
Niagara on the Road program provides a unique opportunity to drive on a variety of tracks in the US and Canada with the camaraderie of your fellow Niagara HPDE drivers. Niagara kicked off our inaugural “On The Road” program in 2012 by herding 20+ track enthusiast and caravanning them all down to Virginia International Raceway to attend a two day open track event with David Murry Track Days. Subsequent years included Allegheny Region PCA at Mid Ohio, Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada with the Patroon Region BMW club and the Ottawa Region BMW Club, Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Mid-Ohio club and last year visiting the site for the Annual Petit LeMans event at Road Atlanta
Tire Rack Street Survival
In addition to our High Performance Driver Education program, the Niagara Region PCA is also concerned with the safety of teen drivers. This article from US Insurance Agents discusses and makes suggestions regarding Common Risks Faced by Teen Drivers. Teen crashes and teen-driving fatalities are entirely too common. Tire Rack Street Survival Teen Driver Safety Program is a course that we know helps significantly reduce these tragic accidents. Niagara provides instructors and volunteers for the Genesee Valley Chapter BMW CCA Street Survival program. Please visit http://www.streetsurvival.orgto learn more about the Tire Rack Street Survival® program.
Currently there are no classes scheduled in our area.
Event details and more information are at StreetSurvival.org