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As you may know, Spring Mountain has changed the name of our Corvette driving school to the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School. But it's more than just a name change.

Ron Fellows has transformed an already superb program into the nations premier Corvette driving school. He chose Spring Mountain because the existing curriculum already featured many of his philosophies and the quality of the instructors, track and facilities create the perfect learning environment.

Ron's "little tweaks" to the program have made a big positive impact on a student's learning curve.

His approach to racing and driving has been heavily influenced by Dr. Jacques Dallaire, who has studied racing drivers and high-performance athletes for over 25 years. Mind-speed processing is a key element in the high-performance world and with a strong focus on technique. No other school can give you the wealth of real world knowledge Ron has accumulated and continues to use today.

One of the first changes Ron made was to remove the skid-car from the program. He replaced it with exercises created specifically to address car control in the Corvette.

He has also directed the school to turn off traction control. Some may be taken aback by this, but Ron believes that car control is paramount to performance driving and racing. As Ron puts it, "Yes the Active Handling controls are a great asset to the Corvette, but we believe that you need to learn car control first. You can still lose control with Active Handling. Through our exercises on the skid pad, we want our students to be able transfer those car control skills, directly to the track. Building car control confidence in our students is our primary goal. And we believe in our methods, and our instructors."

These are just a couple of the changes Ron has made to the school. If you haven't been to Spring Mountain in the last few months, you owe it to yourself to take the course again. It will take your driving to a whole new level. Even experienced drivers will gain new skills and knowledge only available from the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School.


Spring Mountain is proud to be the home of the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School. We are located just 45 minutes from Las Vegas in Pahrump, NV. For more information or to sign up for the experience of a lifetime call 800-391-6891




RON FELLOWS' BIOGRAPHY





Ron Fellows is a charter member of the championship-winning Corvette Racing team. He did the initial testing and development with the Corvette C5-R, and scored Corvette Racing's first ALMS victory in September 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway. Fellows is recognized as one of North America's most versatile road racing drivers; winning in series that span the spectrum of motorsports, from NASCAR to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A native of Windsor, Ontario, Fellows developed an early love for auto racing, competing first in karts, followed by Formula 1600 and Formula 2000. After a nine-year stint as a gas pipeline worker, he returned to racing in the early '80s and launched his professional driving career. Fellows found early success in his first level of professional competition, the Player's/GM Challenge series for production Camaros, where he won the drivers championship in 1989.

Fellows' success continued in SCCA Trans-Am racing, where he won 19 races in 95 starts. He performed with distinction in sports prototype racing, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Cup Series. In the late '90s Fellows became the primary development driver for GM Racing's Corvette C5-R program. That association produced victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 Hours of Sebring, and virtually every road racing circuit in North America.

Fellows won the ALMS GTS drivers championship in 2002 and shared the title with teammate Johnny O'Connell in 2003-04. He and O'Connell finished as runners-up in the GT1 drivers championship to their Corvette Racing teammates Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in 2005 and 2007. In addition to his duties with the factory Corvette Racing program, the Canadian also competed in selected NASCAR Cup events, consistently piloting a Chevrolet to the front of the pack in road racing events. He won back-to-back SCCA SPEED World Challenge races at Mosport in 2004-05 driving Team Cadillac's CTS-V race car, and scored a spectacular win at Long Beach in 2006 with a last-lap pass.

In 2007, Fellows began a new phase in his career as an ambassador for Corvette and a technical advisor to GM Racing. He focused on endurance events with teammates Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen, and ran the Mosport round of the ALMS at his home track with former teammate Andy Pilgrim. Fellows drove the final stint at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a downpour, gaining as much as 30 seconds per lap on the class-leading Aston Martin before a safety car period ended his charge to the front. Fellows also drove a Cadillac CTS-V in selected SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT races, winning the pole in Long Beach, Calif., and finishing as runner-up in Toronto and Atlanta.

In 2008 Ron continued his part time driving role with Corvette Racing , scoring wins at Sebring and Petit LeMans and finishing 2nd in class at LeMans. In NASCAR Sprint Cup competiton Ron reunited with Dale Earnhardt Incorporated to compete at Sonoma and Watkins Glen. The highlight of the season was a NASCAR Nationwide Series win in Montreal, Quebec on the famed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and JR Motorsports.

2009 will see Ron out from behind the wheel of the Corvette. He will continue to work with the team in an advisory role while continuing to be an ambassador for Corvette. Ron Is not done driving quite yet, as he pursues NASCAR opportunities. Unfinished business would include a NASCAR Sprint Cup victory.

Fans voted Fellows "Most Popular Driver" in the ALMS in 2004-07 - the only driver to win the prestigious award four consecutive times. He was named to the AARWBA All America Racing Team in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2007, Chevrolet introduced the limited edition Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Corvette Z06, the first signed special edition in Corvette's history. A resident of Mississauga, Ontario, he has been instrumental in setting up the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship, a series that helps young Canadian drivers make a connection to professional racing.


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