Performance Driving Experience
Learn car control and build the fundamentals to increase driving confidence.
Learn the line from expert instructors who teach you performance driving fundamentals.
Learn performance driving techniques on a real race track.
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PDE News
Annual Membership Meeting
The Sports Car Club of St. Louis is hosting an annual membership meeting on 11/18 @ 7pm. Please make plans to attend. This meeting will not have a formal agenda but will begin at 7 PM with a “state of the region” presentation followed by the election and results. Feel free to coordinate with others…
Inaugural Membership Picnic
Join us for a great afternoon with your friends and fellow members at the St. Louis Region Fall Social! Sunday, October 20, 2024 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Heldman Shelter at Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park Food will be in the form of a potluck. Please select your dish at registration. If you have a game you would…
Getting Started With PDE Video
For those people that have been thinking about doing a Performance Driving Experience (PDE) Here is a video to see how it works and what to expect.
About Performance Driving Experience
SCCA Track events, or Performance Driving Experience (PDE) is a non-competitive way to sharpen your driving skills on a real race track. You'll learn the basics with an instructor one-on-one in your car. This includes the driving line, passing zones, the point-by, flag meanings, and track etiquette. Typically held in the afternoon of the second Tuesday every month during the season, you'll get four twenty-minute sessions of track time. As a novice, you'll be partnered with an instructor for all four sessions. Our home track is World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, where we use the roval, which is the infield road course as well as part of the oval to make a complete circuit.
Getting Started
Before the event, you must print out the Tech Sheet and tech your own car or have someone with experience tech it for you.
PDE is a track day with an opportunity to work with an instructor and get experience in car handling and performance driving in your OWN CAR on a real race track!
This is non-competitive event. Drivers will be grouped by experience. For safety, drivers are required to wear long pants, closed shoes, and helmets when on track.
All of our events are held on the road course at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
700 Raceway Blvd
Madison, IL 62060
Novice students will each be assigned an instructor who will guide you through the basic techniques. No prior experience required! All passing is done by a point-by in zones specified on the track map. This will be reviewed in the driver’s meeting the day of the event.
Intermediate students have the option of requesting an instructor when registering, but are also cleared to drive solo. Instructor availability is limited and provided on a first-come, first-served basis. There is an additional passing zone granted to intermediate drivers, a clear point-by is required.
Advanced students drive solo and are allowed to pass anywhere on track besides the area between start/finish and the end of turn 1. A clear point-by is required.
Online Registration at motorsportreg.com
To get registered, check out the schedule for links to the events on MotorsportReg.
- $185 for SCCA members
- If you are not a SCCA Member you can purchase a “weekend” membership for $15.
- You can use up to 2 weekend memberships as credits (@$10 each=$20 max credit) towards a yearly membership.
- You may cancel your reservation for a full refund up to midnight the Saturday before an event. No refunds will be issued after that point.
- You may enter at the event site, the morning of the event for no extra fee but your participation cannot be guaranteed due to instructor availability.
- To join SCCA, go to www.scca.com.
A helmet must be worn at all times on track. Both open and closed face helmets are allowed, provided they are rated SA2005 or newer.
Your helmet must have one of the following stickers inside:
Long pants must be worn, shorts are not allowed when driving on track. Your car must be in good working order, including seatbelts. See the tech sheet for more details.
Learn more here: https://www.scca.com/pages/scca-track-events
Frequently Asked Questions
Use the links on the schedule page or go directly to MotorsportReg.
We cannot guarantee your inclusion as a walk in. It is subject to instructor availability.
You must be a member of SCCA in order to be covered by insurance. Temporary "weekend" memberships are available when you sign up for your event. If you would like to become a full member, visit the SCCA's website for details.
You may cancel before midnight the Saturday before your event, but after that, there are no refunds. Once registration is closed, credit cards are charged to those on the list marked as attending.
If you have not run with us before, be sure to fill our your experience when you sign up on MotorpsortReg. This will allow our Chief Instructor to place you properly. Keep in mind, we are all about safety, we may put you in Novice to start and evaluate your driving ability. You can always move up.
We know there are times you are not sure if you can get away from work or if the car is ready. Registration is open until midnight the Saturday before each event. Walk-ins are possible, but subject to instructor availability.
The Sunday before the event, all instructor assignments will be made and you will be notified if you are assigned. If enough instructors sign up for the event, you may be released and notified before that date. The number of novice student slots is limited to the number of instructors available that day.
All transactions are billed on Sunday or Monday before the event. You will not be charged if you were on the waitlist. If your card does not clear, you will be notified by MotorsportReg and need to make alternate arrangements. You will not be allowed on track until your entry has been paid in full. You can bring a check to registration.
Yes, you can go back into MotorsportReg.com and cancel any time before midnight the Saturday before the event.
We do have a few loaner helmets for those of you who need them. Ask at registration if you need to borrow one.
Yes, spectators are welcome in all but “HOT” areas of the track. You can also pay $25 and get a ride around with an instructor to get the feel for these events.
You must still sign up on MotorsportReg so we can assign you correctly, but you can elect not to pay at that time. You must then bring a check for the full amount to registration and we will process you there. Please also drop a note to the registrar that you will be paying at the track.
Yes you can bring people to help you prep your car or just to watch. No one is allowed on track with any driver except an instructor. You are responsible for your guests' actions, they will need to follow track procedure.
Snacks, water, or sports drinks are encouraged. Staying hydrated is very important to performance driving. You cannot bring in alcoholic beverages or anything in glass containers. Concession stands will not be open for our events.
Street cars and track prepped cars are welcome, see the SCCA General Competition Rules for exact requirements. Convertibles should be cleared with the Chief Instructor beforehand.
No, long pants are required when on track, but shorts may be worn in between sessions.