jump to navigation search bob bondurant school of high performance driving founded 1968 headquarters phoenix arizona key people bob bondurant founder website bondurant.com the bob bondurant school of high performance driving is an american performance driving school specializing in racing karting teen driving and law enforcement driving education . it is located in phoenix arizona . founded by former formula one driver bob bondurant 1 in 1968 it was originally located at orange county international raceway in california later moving to ontario motor speedway in 1970 and to sears point international raceway in 1973 . 2 in 1990 a purpose built training facility was opened in phoenix arizona . 3 4 the bob bondurant school of high performance driving is the largest purpose built driving school in the world . it features a 15 turn 1.6 mile road course an eight acre asphalt pad for advanced training and more than 200 race prepared vehicles sedans and open wheel cars . 5 it teaches competition driving police pursuit driving evasive driving for chauffeurs and bodyguards stunt driving and other courses . 6 7 contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 vehicles 4 references 5 external links history edit the bondurant driving school was initially opened by bob bondurant at the orange county international raceway near los angeles ca . he initially approached porsche for backing but was declined due to the uncertainty of his school . bob then approached datsun which immediately agreed to support his plans . the starting lineup of cars included two datsun roadsters and 510 8 a lola t70 can am car and a formula vee . by 1970 the school relocated to the nearby ontario motor speedway . porsche after witnessing how the school increased datsun s profile donated a few 911s and two 914s . the bondurant school relocated to sears point international raceway now infineon raceway near sonoma ca in 1973 . in 1976 nissan was not able to further support the school with additional loaned cars . bob turned to ford who gladly stepped in and has sponsored the school for the rest of its time in california . 8 in march 1990 bob s vision of a purpose built driver training facility finally came true as he opened a new training facility in chandler arizona at firebird raceway 5 now known as wild horse pass motorsports park . 9 the bondurant school has seen over 300 000 drivers since its opening . many nascar drivers have used the school for road course training and many film actors and actresses have used it for driving scenes . paul newman was one of his first students . expansion edit in january 2012 johnny o connell former bondurant instructor and sports car champion was assigned to serve as the school s vice president of global operations . 10 on april 25 2012 the bondurant school announced a new joint business venture with pikes peak international raceway in fountain colorado . 11 vehicles edit dodge the dodge brand is america s mainstream performance brand and the official vehicle manufacturer for the bob bondurant school of high performance driving . the school utilizes the charger hellcat challenger hellcat and dodge flagship vehicle the dodge viper acr . in addition to the passenger cars the school also uses karts on their three kart tracks . the school also features the formula mazda in one of their more expensive package offerings . 12 references edit america at 100 miles per hour . best life . emmaus pa rodale . v 1 91 . february 2008 . retrieved 2011 11 03 . witzenburg gary december 1979 . a bondurant biography . popular mechanics . new york the hearst corporation . 152 6 140 . retrieved 2011 11 03 . about bob bondurant . bob bondurant driving school . retrieved 2011 11 03 . obele linda october 14 2011 . successful successions business owners plan for smooth retirement transition . phoenix business journal . phoenix arizona . retrieved 2011 11 03 . a b bondurant history . bob bondurant driving school . retrieved 27 april 2012 . solheim mark l. october 2003 . my need for speed . kiplinger s personal finance . washington dc kiplinger washington editors inc. 57 10 . issn 1528 9729 . retrieved 2011 11 03 . mello tara baukus 2007 . stunt driving . race car legends . new york chelsea house . pp. 21 25 . isbn 978 1 4381 2282 3 . retrieved 2011 11 03 . a b the bondurant datsun roadster years . datsun.org . retrieved 27 april 2012 . last year firebird raceway and the arizona nhra nationals ; in 2014 it s wild horse pass motorsports park . wild horse pass motorsports park . february 17 2014 . retrieved 2014 09 11 . bondurant school goes global with johnny o connell . bob bondurant driving school . retrieved 27 april 2012 . bob bondurant expands to ppir . bob bondurant driving school . retrieved 27 april 2012 . bondurant sponsors . bob bondurant driving school . retrieved august 4 2016 . external links edit bondurant racing school bondurant kart racing school retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bob bondurant school of high performance driving & oldid 744276764 categories educational institutions established in 1968racing schools navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 06 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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