08/03/2026
We were recently invited by Chevrolet Canada to attend the Ron Fellows High Performance Driving Experience at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, and it was a blast! I was thrilled to see it was being hosted by the man himself, Ron Fellows, and he and the whole team were super friendly and happy to chat about Corvettes, racing, and the fine art of driving fast.
The event is structured so that you’re brought up to speed -quite literally- surprisingly quickly. After a short safety briefing, you’re trackside, where you’ll be rotated through three cars; in our case, a Corvette Stingray, E-Ray, and Z06.
You, one other participant, and a seasoned pro will go out in three cars, with the pro leading, guiding you via radio. It sounds simple enough, just match the pro’s movements, follow his line, match his braking points, and try and maintain an even 4-ish-car gap.
No need to be nervous - it starts easily enough, with a calm voice over the radio providing clear instruction on how to best manage the car and maintain a racing line, and speeds gradually ramp up, to a point where I almost felt tricked into driving as fast as we were. Soon enough, you’ll be flying through Mosport’s famous sweepers at speeds you probably wouldn’t have felt confident enough to try on your own, beginning to explore what these incredible cars can do in the right environment.
You’ll be on track a lot, doing about seven laps in each of the three cars, with a short break in between to catch your breath and pick your coach’s brain. Afterwards, you can go out as a passenger with one of the pros and see what these cars can really do in the hands of a hot-shoe; simultaneously serving to humble your probably-inflated ego and show you how far you can still go in a Corvette.
It’s a great time in a very well-run program with wonderful people that I can’t recommend highly enough, both as an existing Corvette owner, a prospective buyer, or just someone who’s interested in trying the big track in a supercar.
