Drifting and Stunt Driving School In SoCal and Sebring

[eknuds]

Bobby Ore Motorsports is a performance driving school with locations in Socal (Camarillo, near Ventura) and Sebring Florida. The school has been in operation for many years training stunt people, military, and law enforcement as well as racecar drivers.
Bobby Ore Motorsports has recently begun offering courses focusing on drifting. These courses start with the very basics of performance driving.
Also, Forward 180s, Sliding 90s, and reverse 180s are taught from the very beginning.
I was so pleased with the results of his techniques that I became a partner in the company.
I have a few short clips on Youtube showing a Sliding 90, a Reverse 180 and a Box park maneuver with a Mustang.
Please contact Roslyn at (863) 655 9292 for information on scheduling.
I can also answer some questions here .

[Hubert Young]

It's good to know there is a stunt driving school. How much are the courses?

[eknuds]

It's good to know there is a stunt driving school. How much are the courses?

They have two day basic and advanced stunt driving courses for $1650 and a three day drifting course for $2500.
Cars are provided.
Just for fun, one of his specialties is driving on two wheels. No, he doesn't teach this .

[MonkeySlide]

They have two day basic and advanced stunt driving courses for $1650 and a three day drifting course for $2500.
Cars are provided.
Just for fun, one of his specialties is driving on two wheels. No, he doesn't teach this .

What kind of cars are provided for the drifting course?

I assume you use Crown Vics for the stunt side.

I'm not trying to knock you or anything but $2500 for three days is pretty steep.

For Drift 101 three sessions (Instruction and Car) comes out to $1800 and you have actual Formula D drivers as your instructors.

No they're not payin me to say that either I'm just trying to get an idea on what makes this drift school worth the extra $700.

[eknuds]

What kind of cars are provided for the drifting course?

I assume you use Crown Vics for the stunt side.

Ford Escort ZX2s and Ford Mustangs.

I'm not trying to knock you or anything but $2500 for three days is pretty steep.

For Drift 101 three sessions (Instruction and Car) comes out to $1800 and you have actual Formula D drivers as your instructors.

No they're not payin me to say that either I'm just trying to get an idea on what makes this drift school worth the extra $700.

That's three days of effectively continuous driving for approximately eight hours a day. How much seat time do you get for Drift 101?

[MonkeySlide]

That's three days of effectively continuous driving for approximately eight hours a day. How much seat time do you get for Drift 101?

Well my personal experience with drift 101 is different than what other students may have had.

I had about 5 hours of seat time in the one day that I did it but I had to leave early. The typical event is 9am to 5pm so you're still getting 8 hours. Half of that is instruction and the other half is running the track with a group to practice what you learned.

Ford Escort ZX2s and Ford Mustangs.

Ford Escort ZX2's for a drift class? Isn't that a FWD car?

[eknuds]

Ford Escort ZX2's for a drift class? Isn't that a FWD car?

That's where you start. A lot can be taught with that. The primary focus of the start of the course is to teach steering technique and focal point which can be taught with hand brake turns in a front wheel drive car.
The techniques that Bobby Ore has developed work well enough that some students can do the sliding 90s within an inch after two days. Others have to come back.
He likes to pretest students who have been through similar courses and it's extremely rare that they can do maneuvers like these successfully.

[Soldat]

I kind of agree that the prices seem a little steep, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested. It sounds like a lot of fun.

[eknuds]

I kind of agree that the prices seem a little steep, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested. It sounds like a lot of fun.

I think the training and the experience is unique. The methods he teaches are very effective. Seven years ago I had not ever participated in any form of motorsport or track event. Last spring I won a NASA four hour enduro overall at Sear's Point (aka Infineon Raceway) in a near continuous downpour driving a rented twenty year old RX7. Now that's drifting . I push hard and hardly ever contact other cars, spin, or even put a wheel off track. I scare the car owner to death but he knows that his car's going to come back in one piece. That does take a certain level of maturity, but I attribute a lot of the car control ability I've developed to applying the methods I learned from this stunt driving school.
Oh, yeah. It is a lot of fun .

[Bebop]

I would much rather use a 240sx... a car you can settle down and get conferable drifting in for the long term. Its hard to do that in a mustang, and impossible to do in a escort.

And that price.... wow

[MonkeySlide]

I would much rather use a 240sx... a car you can settle down and get conferable drifting in for the long term. Its hard to do that in a mustang, and impossible to do in a escort.

And that price.... wow

+1

I'm sorry but you're going to have a hard time convincing drift fans that it's best to learn the basics in a front wheel drive car and then transition to a car that has excessive body roll and sits like a monster truck to learn drifting in.

I wish you no bad will at all but you definitely have your work cut out for you.

[eknuds]

+1

I'm sorry but you're going to have a hard time convincing drift fans that it's best to learn the basics in a front wheel drive car and then transition to a car that has excessive body roll and sits like a monster truck to learn drifting in.

Well, you can't make it too easy . Yeah, the Nissan is going to be a better handling car. I actually do a lot with Mazdas myself. One of my cars is a turbo Miata and I have an FC RX7 for track days because that's what I race in. However, once you've learned the basics in one vehicle it transfers to whatever you drive.
This school concentrates a great deal more on the basics right down to steering technique and where you're looking while driving the car. Practicing things like forward 180s and sliding 90s reinforces this and can be done in a front wheel drive car. So can reverse 180s. Students get to practice these continuously.
Plus the courses are two days instead of one, so you get much more seat time .
Basically you get to the class and everything's covered except for lunch. You don't have to worry about the car or, especially, tires, just drive.