Every Time Attack track day now includes two training groups. The training will be performed by Doug Chapple who has been the senior driving instructor at Qld Raceway for several years. Doug has literally done thousands of laps of the circuit. During his 40 year motorsport career he has won several championships and is well qualified to provide a highly professional training program. The most unique part of this training is the in car one-on-one training where Doug will give you coaching for a session on track, helping you successfully tie together the theory with the practical.

The first time to the circuit can be a daunting experience. To take the stress out of attending your first event we have put together a beginners driver training package which is now available at Time Attack track days.

·         Classroom theory session to prepare you for your first outing on the track. Items such as braking points, cornering techniques and the race line will be covered to ensure you are fast and safe on the circuit.

·         Preparation of your car including; seat and mirror positioning, tyre pressures etc.

·         Warm up lap strategy to properly warm the tyres and brakes.

·         Cool down lap and post session car care.

·         In car driver coaching, one on one. The instructor will do a session in the car with you and coach you on the proper driver techniques required to do fast safe laps. 

Once you have been to the track and have the experience to put down consistent laps you will start to want more from your car and yourself. Looking to improve your lap times driver training is the place to start.

·         Class room theory session looking at each of the corners on the track. Planning the best approach to each corner to string together a quick lap.

·         Car preparation, looking at items such as your tyre selection and the correct temperature and pressures to expect from them.

·         In car driver coaching, one on one. The instructor will ride with you and show you the braking points, turn in points, corner apexes and show you how to sting them together to perform a hot lap.

Testimonial: 

Having Doug sit next to me helped me no end – he knocked off a good 1.5 seconds off my normal sprint times & I did a PB for both the sprint and clubman (even with no power steer in the clubman). Problems that Doug picked up included:

1. my tyre pressures were too high
2. braking too early (all corners)
3. taking turn 1 too slow (probably hitting this now 20kmh faster)
4. missing correct turn-in on turn 2
5. turning in way too early on turn 6
6. accelerating too late out of all corners

I suppose I got to a point where my times were not improving hence I thought driver training was a good option - $79 for a 1.5sec improvement is ridiculously cheap in my books