It featured a 15-turn, 1.6-mile road course, an eight-acre asphalt pad for advanced training with more than 100 race-prepared vehicles.
[citation needed] The school was founded in 1968 by World Champion and ten-time hall of fame inductee Bob Bondurant, and was located at the Orange County International Raceway.
Bondurant initially approached Porsche for funding and support, but his request was turned down due to the uncertainty of the endeaver.
In 1989, Bondurant was invited to Firebird Raceway (now known as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park) in Chandler, AZ to consider an offer which promised the chance to build the world's first purpose-built driver training facility.
[2] In late 2018, citing financial troubles and infrastructural damage, the school and company were forced into Chapter 11 protection.