Ford to Offer FREE driving school in Utah to Raptor owners!

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Miller Motorsports Park will provide Focus ST and Fiesta ST cars – modified with full safety equipment – for participants’ use in all exercises. All participants will need to do is arrange travel to Salt Lake City to take advantage of the experience. An optional day of instruction will include Ford Mustang GT on the track and off-road driving in a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor.

Following afternoon arrival in Salt Lake City, drivers will visit the headquarters of Hoonigan Racing – Ken Block’s race shop in nearby Park City – for a tour of the facilities, a deep dive into ongoing projects, and dinner and a reception.

The next day at Miller Motorsports Park, owners will start with a dynamic classroom session with school instructors, and then spend the rest of the morning learning car control, cornering, braking and vehicle dynamic techniques. Lunch will be provided.

The afternoon session features more on-track driving including lead and follow exercises, instructor ride-alongs and hot laps with professional drivers. It also includes high-spirited precision driving exercises and challenges featuring a custom circuit. The day will end with participating owners receiving a special graduation pack from the team followed by the ST karting challenge.

While owners will be responsible for their travel and hotel costs, Ford will cover costs of the driving school in its entirety. The optional-day Mustang GT and Raptor events would be paid for by the participants. Options for owners to bring guests will also be available. All interested in learning more about this program should visit Home for complete details.

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Miller Motorsports Park will provide Focus ST and Fiesta ST cars – modified with full safety equipment – for participants’ use in all exercises. All participants will need to do is arrange travel to Salt Lake City to take advantage of the experience. An optional day of instruction will include Ford Mustang GT on the track and off-road driving in a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor.

Following afternoon arrival in Salt Lake City, drivers will visit the headquarters of Hoonigan Racing – Ken Block’s race shop in nearby Park City – for a tour of the facilities, a deep dive into ongoing projects, and dinner and a reception.

The next day at Miller Motorsports Park, owners will start with a dynamic classroom session with school instructors, and then spend the rest of the morning learning car control, cornering, braking and vehicle dynamic techniques. Lunch will be provided.

The afternoon session features more on-track driving including lead and follow exercises, instructor ride-alongs and hot laps with professional drivers. It also includes high-spirited precision driving exercises and challenges featuring a custom circuit. The day will end with participating owners receiving a special graduation pack from the team followed by the ST karting challenge.

While owners will be responsible for their travel and hotel costs, Ford will cover costs of the driving school in its entirety. The optional-day Mustang GT and Raptor events would be paid for by the participants. Options for owners to bring guests will also be available. All interested in learning more about this program should visit Home for complete details.

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...ary-st-octane-academy-driving-experience.html
Looks like the article is from 2013. Current offer??

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Looks like the article is from 2013. Current offer??

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article from yesterday:

Ford will auction its last 2017 F-150 Raptor at Barrett-Jackson - Autoblog

Capping off the auction of this truck, Ford announced that it will provide a free one-day off-road driving course at its Utah driving facility to buyers of all 2017 Raptors. The courses start this April. It's also worth noting that, although the course itself is free, Raptor owners will have to pay for travel and lodging.
 

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Miller Motorsports Park will provide Focus ST and Fiesta ST cars – modified with full safety equipment – for participants’ use in all exercises. All participants will need to do is arrange travel to Salt Lake City to take advantage of the experience. An optional day of instruction will include Ford Mustang GT on the track and off-road driving in a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor.

Following afternoon arrival in Salt Lake City, drivers will visit the headquarters of Hoonigan Racing – Ken Block’s race shop in nearby Park City – for a tour of the facilities, a deep dive into ongoing projects, and dinner and a reception.

The next day at Miller Motorsports Park, owners will start with a dynamic classroom session with school instructors, and then spend the rest of the morning learning car control, cornering, braking and vehicle dynamic techniques. Lunch will be provided.

The afternoon session features more on-track driving including lead and follow exercises, instructor ride-alongs and hot laps with professional drivers. It also includes high-spirited precision driving exercises and challenges featuring a custom circuit. The day will end with participating owners receiving a special graduation pack from the team followed by the ST karting challenge.

While owners will be responsible for their travel and hotel costs, Ford will cover costs of the driving school in its entirety. The optional-day Mustang GT and Raptor events would be paid for by the participants. Options for owners to bring guests will also be available. All interested in learning more about this program should visit Home for complete details.

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...ary-st-octane-academy-driving-experience.html

This is incorrect. First off, its not even called Miller Sports Park anymore. In Late 2015 MMP was sold to a Chinese company and the name is now Utah Motorsports Campus or UMC. Second, the article you refer to is from July 2013. But as stated above by xrocket, ford will be offering a 1 day off-raod driving course to all buyers of the 2017 Raptor at its Utah facility, which is UMC.
 
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