Drive with us
After years of telling his students about the merits of learning how to slide, but never having a great solution for getting them out to a skid pad for some training, lead instructor Nik Romano created FastSideways to fill the gap.
Control
Learn how to properly “rotate” a car, and how to save a slide when it gets too sideways.
Safety
A closed cone course is the right place to explore the limits of traction (and go past them!)
Speed
Our courses are designed for track enthusiasts and racers to learn how to extract more speed from their cars.
FastSideways is a unique way to improve your lap times and get a leg-up on the competition. We offer car control instruction from professional drivers that is specifically created for racers and track day enthusiasts. We teach how to "rotate" your car, a technique used by top drivers to squeeze out every last possible bit of speed through a turn, in a multitude of different scenarios...and, how to save a slide when it inevitably gets bigger than you intended, without going off track and without even losing much speed. This is not a drifting school (although there is some overlap in the curriculum, naturally), as everything we practice relates back to getting through corners with more speed and more confidence. Most courses are held at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, CA, and Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, CA and are catered toward drivers with rear-wheel-drive cars. Whether you are a track day enthusiast, an autocrosser, an avid racer, or a complete beginner, FastSideways will help you to develop yourself as a high performance driver and find that edge you need to get ahead of the field.
How to get faster
Your journey as a driver should be as varied and multifaceted as possible. The path to speed isn’t just turning laps, and it isn’t just car control training; it’s a combination of approaches that are tailored to the individual driver, just like our classes. We are known best for our Clinics, but our instructors do much more.
Car control training
Our bread and butter. Gain skills that will translate to any kind of motorsport.
private coaching
One-on-one, on the fly private instruction at your local HPDE or test days. We tailor the curriculum to the student, and track progress and exercises for your reference later.
video and data review
Improve your driving even on your days away from the track. Live video calls are an excellent way to stay sharp and get the most out of your footage and data.
sim coaching
There are a multitude of skills that can be honed in a well set up sim. Practice new tracks, line theory, race craft, even car control! Sessions can be done locally, or remotely.
Karting
A fun and cost effective way to practice driving and car control! Karts have unmatched feedback, and lead/follow sessions are even more effective than in cars.
So, how do you get faster?
