Choose the race class that fits your car and goals

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Track: Specialty

Difficulty: intermediate

Estimated duration: 302 minutes

Coverage: 7 modules, 30 lessons

Course Overview

For intermediate HPDE drivers preparing for club racing, this course teaches how to read class rules, compare sanctioning structures, and choose a category before spending money on the wrong build. The outcome is a defensible class shortlist, a prep boundary, and a registration checklist grounded in published rules instead of paddock hearsay.

Modules

• Read the rules before the build - 4 lessons - Build a repeatable way to turn rulebooks, class specs, and event documents into decisions.
• Map the club-racing landscape - 4 lessons - Recognize the major program types and class families without confusing HPDE, time trials, race experience, and wheel-to-wheel racing.
• Choose by class philosophy - 4 lessons - Identify what a class rewards before deciding whether it matches your car, budget, and temperament.
• Class your car systematically - 5 lessons - Apply eligibility gates and modifier logic to a real car before committing to a class entry.
• Let rules shape the prep plan - 5 lessons - Translate class rules into spending boundaries without turning this into a mechanic or setup course.
• Survive tech, impound, and protests - 4 lessons - Understand the compliance moments that happen at the event, after a session, or after a competitor challenge.
• Build your class decision matrix - 4 lessons - Turn the rules audit into a practical shortlist and pre-registration checklist.

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