Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club — Local services in Pahrump

Spring Mountain Corvette Owners School was GREAT! It was my second school in the last 12 months. (The 1st was at BIR to get my SCCA License). My dad and I both attended the owners school in the Z51 Stingrays. The school gives you a lot of track time and you will not be disappointed. More important than amount of track time is the quality of track time and the guidance you receive from the instructors. The instructors are second to none and are very helpful. Every instructor there was there to keep you safe and keep teaching you to go faster and smoother. Instructors there are very experienced and a large knowledge base for you to use. The class had very different levels of experience, from first time on the track to road racers. They divided us based on skill level for the track sessions and made little adjustments as they saw fit. The lead follow exercises were very helpful. You follow the instructor around the track and learn the line, brake points, turn in, apex etc. They have radios in the car so you are getting live feedback from them and what to do next time if a change is needed or they are telling you good job. They will not hold you back from turning very fast laps unless they see you doing something unsafe or you are not ready for it. I feel like we were getting 90% to 95% out of the cars potential and 100% out of the drivers in the our group on the last day. Yes the cars are faster and more capable than you. On day two you get to ride along with and instructor driving. That was a real eye-opener. They (cars and instructor) are downright fast, smooth and very impressive. You get to see how they do it and feel them balance the car with the brakes or throttle. Then you get to go back out for more lead follow and keep learning. When not on track you are in the classroom learning about the car. They go over some of the features and how to use them. They answer any questions you have about the car, track or what you can do better. Having this many instructors to so few students is invaluable to your learning both on and off track. They are very welcoming to guests if you bring one. They let guests ride with the instructors during track sessions if they wish. I can’t speak highly enough about the upbeat and positive attitudes from each everyone there...

Greatest vacation ever for my wife and I AND the most exciting driving experience we’ve ever had!

The room we stayed in overlooked the track - WAY COOL!

The instructors were all very patient and very knowledgeable, took what they did very seriously and focused on keeping us and everyone safe but at the same time magically helped us learn how to drive FAST:-) and have fun doing it.

None of the staff took themselves too seriously but they created a very relaxed atmosphere while teaching us how to do what they do so well!

By the way, I’m very frugal and do not spend money loosely or foolishly but I am just returning today from our 3 day “level 1” driving school at Spring Mountain and am already booking our return.

Next time my wife and I will do two days of “one on one” private lessons. Again, I’m frugal but I have no idea how they let us drive their brand new Corvettes like this and make money charging us what they charge us!

By the way I’m 6’10” and they installed a custom seat so I could fit in the car with a helmet and it was glorious!

But, being “limited” to my car because of the custom installed seat, I was really bummed when I saw on my dash my TPM showing a tire problem. They immediately took me into the mechanics bay and (I’m not exaggerating) with an instructor riding shotgun threw 4 mechanics at me and 1) found the problem and 2) changed out the tire in 25 seconds!

Just like on tv!

I was back out on the track and with my group without missing any track time!

I don’t know how they do what they do for the price they charge and we will likely go back at least twice a year and maybe more, my wife and I both think this is one of our “top 5” vacations and life...

Attended as part of the Cadillac V Performance Academy where I received 2 days of instruction including track laps (on the very small north course which I think was 1.5 miles?) and various training activities on the skid pad.

I did stay in an on track condo and enjoyed drinks and dinner at the club house. The condo was very well furnished much like a small efficiency apartment with a balcony overlooking one of the many tracks.

This facility has over 9 miles of track that can be configured in many different ways and during the 2 days I was on-site 4 different classes were being run as they divided the 9 miles of track among these classes.

I can't give the normal review about track facilities as I wasn't doing a motorcycle race or track day and so I didn't have any free rein to explore. I will say that the track surface on the small track that I was running seemed to be good apart from some tar/repair work in 1 corner. As I was in a car rather than a race bike I didn't find the repair work to compromise handling.

There is another building that has 6 pretty decent simulators setup basically for E Racing running Assetto Corsa that were pretty fun to try out lapping on the main course since I wasn't able to run the main course during my time here.

Overall I'd summarize by saying this is a very, very nice track with a price tag and out-of-reach factor to match. I REALLY love the track but I don't see myself ever getting a track day here! That said, the instructor schools here are excellent and are a reasonable way to get a taste of what this track has to offer and would recommend to never pass at an opportunity to get...