Group Course

Looking for a company activity, bachelor party, or family reunion?

Group lesson is cost effective than a private lesson.

---

What will be included:

---

*EXCLUSIVE Venue Rental (*$1500/day value)

*Rental Cars

*Instruction

*Indoor Classroom for download session

---

*Minimum Requirement

None

---

Price starts from 1-Day Group for $3995 with 3-4 drivers.  

You Can Purchase at Our Store. 

F.A.Q.

1.  Where can I take Drift School USA classes?

A. Our classes are mainly offered at Willow Springs International Raceway


---

2.  How can I book the class?

A.  For online purchase, please pick 3 different dates that you are available and fill out the date in shopping cart form.  Once payment is processed, we will get back to you with the best working dates for you, venue, and us.  Then we will send the registration form to fill out as a final step.

For non-online purchase, please pick 3 different dates that you are available and let us know.  We will get back to you with the best working dates for you, venue, and us.  After the tentative date is picked, we will send manual invoice.  Once we receive the payment, we will send the registration form to fill out as a final step. 

It will be better from Tu-Thur if you would like to use the venue non-exclusive (open to public).  

---

3.  How much is your course?

A.  Please check our online STORE for available classes pricings and descriptions.  

If you can't find the classes you are looking for, please contact us so that we might be able to offer customized class that fit your needs.

---

4.  How is your class hours?  

A.  For hourly classes, starting hour is at 10am.  However, it is possible to arrange the starting hour as your choice as long as your preferred hour is after 10am.

Full day courses start from 9am or 10am and finish around 3pm or 4pm, with 1 hour lunch depending on option that was chosen.

For Basic and Challenge courses, lunch will be provided and be able to eat at indoor classroom lounge to maximize the seat time rather than eating outside of Willow Springs Raceway that would take 1.5 - 2 hours.  

---

5.  I don't see answers here.

A.  Please contact us either using contact form on this website or email directly to: info@driftschoolusa.com.

If you don't receive any replies within 48 hours, please check your SPAM folder.  If you still don't receive any reply, please try sending an email again.


*To Website related companies, PLEASE DO NOT waste our time by sending millions of spam emails!

Drifting Techniques for Driving School Instructors & Grip Racers

We had a few students with driving instructor background without previous drifting experiences.


Gary C. took our course mainly for fun and to see if there were some techniques that we use for drifting could directly apply to his students from "out-of-control" to "under-control."


Did you know there are different type of spins?

Do you know how to avoid spins on track?

If you could control your car better, you could drive safer and faster.  If you have fear to be out of control, our specialized drifting program will help you to understand WHY it happens and HOW you can control better from slower speed.

We recommend minimum of 2-Day lesson to try out 2nd gear speed.  To be more consistent and try out faster speed, we recommend minimum of 3-Day lesson.


Contact us for more details with your goal.



Below was the testimony from Gary.

---

Yoshie,

I cannot tell you have much fun I had spending three days with Drift School USA at Willow Springs Raceway. Taka's instruction was flawless and enabled me to do things in a car I never dreamed possible. I don't know how long it will take to get the smile you and Taka put on my face. A thoroughly enjoyable and unforgettable experience that I would recommend to anyone with a bucket list!

Best Regards, Gary Church

Learn from the Judge: It is "NOT What You Think You DID!"

Have you competed in drifting events?  Are you planning to compete in drifting events soon?


"Yes, I can drift!" doesn't mean you can qualify the competitions.

AND,

Since drifting is a judged Motorsport, "I did great!" would not work unless judges agree.

---

Want to know WHAT you need for competition runs?   But, if you are shy to ask during or after the competition for feedback?

Our Chief Instructor, Taka is one of the Formula D ProAM series Judges.  

Take a private lesson / group lesson and get better!

---

Check out our "Competition Course"



Good luck to all competitors!


Happy Drifting!

How Far 1-Day Lesson Will Go without Previous Experiences?

We get many inquires like, "How far I can learn in 1-day course?" 

It depends on the previous Motorsports experiences, how physically active you are, how quickly your body could adjust to the exercises, how much knowledge you have about physics of car motions, the physical condition of the day of lesson, and lastly...how much bad driving habits you have.  

Based on our graduates' average performances on a private lesson or up to 2 drivers from 2006, we would say about 90% of the beginner students would stay in 1st gear exercises in 1-Day Course.

---

Anyway, just as an example, in order to perform counter-steer Donuts consistently, you need to:

1. Keep the certain wheel speed
2. Feel of breaking the traction
3. Counter-steer at right moment
4. Catch the counter-steer at right moment
5. Keep the drifting angle and control the steering and throttle work

Next step will be adding the transitions.  It normally would take longer to master since you need to perform transition motion with consistent left and right donuts together.

---

All above exercises are very new to most of the students. 

They all told us even doing a few successful donuts were really difficult.  They felt difficult because of the drifting videos they have been watching made them think easy things to do.  We call it "different" than "difficult", tho.

It is very important how consistently you could perform the given exercises.  Also, understanding both theoretical knowledge behind drifting techniques and practical exercises will make the learning process better and quicker.    

How quickly you move on to the next exercises without consistency will end up going back to basic exercises because you don't understand why you make mistakes.  Do you plan to come back to the fill out the missing parts?

Most of the students get exhausted (most didn't feel exhausted because of the Adrenalin effect until they went back to hotel or home.) by activating the brain cells and unused area of muscles, and they start loosing focus around 2pm.

New challenges always take time to master, and out-of-focus won't help you any better. 

Coming back refreshed next day, students usually say, "Why did I even struggle that much yesterday?

---

Anyway, above 1st gear exercises are just "PREREQUISITE" of learning drifting.  If you would like to experiences actual drifting lessons and drift mini course in 2nd+ gear, we would recommend to take minimum of 2-Day course.  


Happy Drifting!

Type of Venue Usage

Exclusive Venue Usage (Closed to Public)

*Great for any days as long as dates are available.

PROS:

Be able to sit in the car with you

Be able to secure the date (no reschedule)

For You or Your group ONLY

Ride Along is available
 

CONS: 

Costly

None-Exclusive venue usage (Open to Public)

*Works better on weekdays, especially Tu.-Thur.

PROS: 

Reasonable price

CONS:

Not be able to sit in the car with you

Need to share the seat time with non-student drivers when they show up.

Possibility of reschedule when there is last mins book for the exclusive venue usage. (We will get informed in advance from Willow Springs Raceway office.)

Yoshie Shuyama

Yoshie Shuyama: 

Love and have 2 daily AE86 because of Initial D... (?)

Have 2-time SCCA SOLO II National Champion and multiple SCCA SOLO II National and PROSOLO wins. 

The 1st Japanese female driver who received SCCA SOLO II National Championship title. Because of her result, invited as a CSCC SOLO II Ladies school instructor.

The 1st female drivers competed in Formula Drift with AE86 and qualified top 32 back in 2005. 

Driven as a demo drifting driver at the Champ Car World Series at Long Beach and competed team drift at Long Beach GP and San Jose GP as the first and last female driver. 

One of the original members who brought drifting in the US around early 2000s.

Supported Taka as a spotter for his drifting career.

<<...Visit Facebook page!>>