Just got home and unloaded.  Last year after attending the Driver’s Edge, I e-mailed you stating that it was the best time I’d ever had behind the wheel of a car.  Well, that is no longer true.

My second event trumped the prior one and is now tops on my list of driving experiences!

My instructor was an excellent instructor.  I felt that I accomplished my goals for this session and learned plenty more in addition to that.  I was running much faster with a much higher confidence level by my last run today.

Thanks for running a safe and fun organization.  I look forward to my next event!

I had an absolute blast at the track this weekend. Aaron was an outstanding instructor on the track. I accomplished my goals of have fun, don’t bend it and learn as much as you can. I was kind of nervous because it was new track, new car, new group, usually three strikes you are out, but it was a home run instead. Put down a best time of 2:38 in the blue run group. It was really a great blue group did not feel pressured when i was slow learning the track and did not feel held up when I was running at pace and making passes. Can’t thank you and your team enough for a great outing!

Many of the drivers have commented of how you can manage such a large and complex event down to the level of individual people. It’s really quite an impressive demonstration in management. I want to thank you personally for how that has added to my experience at The Drivers Edge. There have been a number of times when I needed something extra and without me asking you proactively provided it. Having Scooter for an instructor was extremely helpful and really made the event for me. Thanks for thinking about me and thanks for all that you do Rick.

Best,
Eric K
Vice President

Would like to thank you for another awesome track weekend with your Drivers Edge Team!

It’s been a little over a year and a half or so since I’ve ran with y’all and from the second I pulled into the track you and your Team welcomed me back into the Drivers Edge track family like I had never left.

Having run with several other DE groups then coming back to run with The Drivers Edge Team I can say there is no comparison. The way you and your Team care and provide the best and pleasurable environment for your drivers to learn in a safe and comfortable track environment is second to none!

Rick Thanks again to you and your Drivers Edge Team for another great track weekend and experience! Looking forward to the next one.

Thank you for all the time and effort you put into making the Toyota Quality Champions Day at the Track a huge success! Our guests will remember this event for a long time to come.

As you are well aware, this was my first time coordinating a race track event. Your patience, professionalism, and humor made my “learning” not only educational, but a lot of fun. And at the event, The Driver’s Edge Team was professional, well organized, and worked with smiles and good humor – all while keeping our guests safe. We couldn’t be happier with our experience, and we thank you for being a valued Gulf States Toyota partner.

Should you have any potential clients looking for a reference, please feel free to provide them with my name and contact information.

Thank you,
Renata B
Corporate Meeting and Incentive Planner

You run a great program and my instructor Todd was fabulous! He was so patient with me and so friendly–I knew I was in good hands. I learned SO MUCH from him! He also was personable and supportive and even loaned me his torque wrench. I imagine the other instructors are just as good, because all of the green drivers did great and I felt safe on the track. (I actually felt safer than I did when I got back on the highways to drive home!!) Can you believe it? I DID drive safer and slower on the way home than usual, you were right!

I will definitely be back for future events!!!  Thanks again!!!!!

I had a lot of fun over a superbly managed 2 days. You guys do a wonderful job and the empathy your customers share with you is truly like a family. Even though I last ran with you in 2003, I felt like I was returning home.

Your red group was as good or better than a bunch of fast drivers as one finds in any of SCCA, NASA’s GTS or ST groups and is a credit to the standards you uphold.

Thank you,

I wanted reiterate again my profound thanks for a great weekend. As a new driver in your program, I entered the weekend with some concerns in the back of my mind.

– Will I actually get instruction or will this be just another track day where I’d just run my car and not really learn anything new.

– Lot of people signed up for the weekend, will I actually get time on track, will it be safe, will the organization/execution of the event be well put together or be a cluster

Now that the weekend is behind me, I can unequivocally say that you run one of the finest driver education programs I’ve attended. The event was super organized, everyone was focused on safety and the classroom and on-track instructors were top notch. Best value for the $, bar none.

I came away from the weekend with more awareness of both my strengths and areas for improvement … all while having a blast!

My instructor was fantastic. I don’t know what kind of voodoo you use but somehow you managed to connect me with an instructor who not only could communicate in “my lingo” so I understood what I needed to do, his personality was perfect for me to learn the rather complex track pretty quickly (20 turns.. good grief). I can’t say enough.

All this with just a couple of questions on friday night. like I said, voodoo magic.

Wrapping up, I learned a lot about myself and my Audi R8 this past weekend. It’s made me a better and safer driver (and hopefully, a tad faster). Thank you and your team. You run a class act and hope to see you again in one of your next events.

Just wanted to let you know it was a fun, albeit intense weekend.
I was in the green group. My first time stepping foot on a track, ever!
It was much more than I ever expected. I never in my life drove a car, or sat in someone else’s car taking corner so fast.
It was for the most part scary and an eye opening experience.
I was too tensed up, and didn’t really start to relax and have fun until the last run on Sunday.
Then I started getting more comfortable, and building some confidence, and thisspeed…right up until the moment I went off the track in turn 2.

But I used what I learned in class (looking for an exit strategy) so I went straight off, and didn’t even try to turn the corner until I was clearly off the track.
I did learn a lot of good points in the past 2 days.

Most importantly I feel I learned that I am not as good a driver as I thought I was, and that I have a lot of room for improvement.
Your class was definitely an eye opening experience that I would never have learned on the road by myself.
Thanks for the great instruction and I hope to see you again soon sometime!

Just wanted to let you know I had an amazing time this weekend.  It was a tough, challenging, humbling and rewarding experience.   I learned so much about myself, my car and the course in such a short time.  Your program is something to be proud of.  I said that I wanted to give up Saturday, but I think u and I both know that I never would have, because it’s not in my nature to quit.  I am just so hard on myself to do it perfect, that I let my emotions rule me for half of the day.  But I think that also made me stronger on Sunday!

You paired Aaron and I up perfectly! He was an amazing instructor and I would love to be paired up with him again when I come back for the JUNE class!

Please send me my report card when you get it done, I would love to see it.

Thanks again for a life changing experience.

I just wanted to shoot you a note and thank you for putting on such a great event. It was exceedingly well organized, and a whole lot of fun.

I got paired with Lee for an instructor in my 1st and 3rd sessions which was great. His style of coaching meshed well with me and I feel I was able to learn the track much quicker because of it.

I also found the classroom sessions to actually be valuable.

Additionally, the Sunday morning church service was a good message and a good format.

I had to leave after the 2nd session today, but as I was leaving, Lee approached me and asked if I wanted to move up to Red run group. I unfortunately couldn’t stay, but I would have loved to have done that. Maybe next time?

I definitely would like to run with you guys when you come to Cresson, even though I’m a member there!

After my 2nd weekend with your group I was not equally impressed but more so. I realize that I’m not really the best student in class because I’m a type A and a business owner but I wanted to make sure you know that I think you do an AMAZING job at what you do to promote your sport and make people feel welcome and take care of them as well. Both of my instructors have been incredibly tuned in to ME as a student and have helped me develop as a driver unbelievably fast! I came into this with just a good cheater car (M3) and a complete lack of knowledge and am now at the point where I can drive the course with complete confidence that I can either get it right or be able to correct my mistakes and learn from them and improve on the next lap. The 1st time I came out it was wet and cold so the experience was crazy different. I was able to let the car go and realize it’s potential this time. I scared myself a bit both trips but your amazing coaches (Daniel last time, Giano this time) coupled with the class sessions you and your team do gave me the confidence and knowledge to overcome those fears and do more than I ever thought possible! We had an absolutely amazing time together and I will be back as soon as possible!

Great track weekend last weekend, despite all the rain!  Given all the craziness mother nature threw at us, I’d say you guys did an exceptional job of handling things so major kudos to the whole instructor and track team.