V8 Supercars

Driving one of our V8 Race Cars is the closest thing in Australia to driving a V8 Supercar and is sure to raise your pulse. This is your chance to strap into the driver’s seat of a V8 Race Car and feel for yourself what it's like to drive and be in control of some serious horsepower. We offer a whole range of different V8 Race Car themed experiences on Australia's best known race tracks.

All of these V8 Race Car experiences include training by expert instructors who relate their experience of driving a V8 Race Car. Learn driving techniques on cornering, apexes and exiting, efficient braking and acceleration, steering, gear changes and general car control.

Some of these V8 Race Car adventures finish with a hot lap. This is your chance to ride in the passenger's seat while the instructor takes you on hot laps of the race track, showing you the race skills they have mastered over many years of driving.

Know a V8 Supercar fan? Book a V8 experience today or buy a V8 racing gift voucher for a friend.

V8 Race Cars Adventures

Superb acceleration. Rip-roaring speed and control like you've never felt before. These are definitely not the cars you drive every day! Engines with 450hp will take you on roads you thought you knew, on surfaces you've always considered ordinary. We're sure you'll never look at asphalt or dirt the same way again. Experience the thrill of a full sized racetrack or the rush of an off-road dirt circuit. Our experienced instructors will make sure you have the skills, knowledge and adventure of a lifetime.

Drive a V8 Race Car

Adrenalin has many V8 Race Car experiences around Australia. You can either choose to Drive a V8 Race Car on various racetracks or take a Ride in a V8 Race Car with passenger hot laps. These V8 Race Car Drives and V8 Race Car Hot Lap Rides will not be forgotten and gift vouchers are available for all these adventures and experiences.
If you have always wanted to experience what it's like to drive a V8 Race Car around a real racetrack then this is for you!
Your motorsport adventure begins at the racetrack with a briefing conducted by experienced instructors. The briefing will cover techniques on cornering, apexes and exiting, efficient braking and acceleration, steering, gear changes and general car control. Safety and track awareness will also be discussed. Feel free to ask questions so that you feel comfortable to get in the car and put theory into practice.
Before getting into the driver's seat, an instructor takes you on observation laps to survey the track. With the briefing and preparation completed, it's time for you to drive. During your driving session, an instructor will be buckled into the passenger seat watching you drive and giving you feedback and encouragement. his ensures that you learn the correct techniques and drive safely. The first “warm up lap” allows you to familiarise yourself with the car and track, your confidence will grow and your skills will improve as you learn how to gain more control and speed. Then there will be no stopping you!
Passenger Hot Laps - Ride In A V8 Race Car. The V8 Race Car Hotlaps have come about as a result of repeated requests from the public to feel for themselves the exhilaration of the raw V8 horsepower they watch on television or at the track. The noise, the acceleration, the braking, the grip on cornering is something that can only be fully appreciated from within the car.
With an experienced V8 Race Car driver at the wheel and you secured in the passenger side race seat by an engineer designed 4-point harness, you will be introduced to the world of motor racing. Until now, riding in a V8 Race Car with an experienced race car driver has been reserved for corporate sponsors, competition winners or race car crew only.

V8 Race Experience

The heat of the asphalt and the smoke of the tires will cloud your senses like nothing has ever before; and that's just when one of our professional drivers is giving you top notch tips with acceleration, brake control and steering before you take your turn in some of the most powerful 450hp V8 Race Cars available in the race circuit today. After you test your skills supercar 6-pot brakes and a Bilstein suspension, get ready for a few laps of mind-blowing intensity as your professional driver once again takes the wheel to show you how to really throw down.

Race Car Driving Adventures

See the smoke, smell the tyre burn. It's a sensory overload you won't be able to get enough of. At Adrenalin, you're in your own little slice of heaven. We've got big engines,adrenalin pumping asphalt and let's get dirty dirt courses. Not to mention of course, the professional instructors who will show you how to expertly and safely take these cars to their top speeds before they throw down the gauntlet and give you a taste of real life competition.

V8 Race Car 4 Lap Super Drive - Perth

Nothing shakes the body like the roar of a V8 race car, and nothing stirs the soul more than a session of hot laps behind the wheel of a V8 Commodore! So why not experience true power by taking a brand new, race prepped, six speed V8 Holden Commodore for an exhilarating spin? 

You'll be fitted with a V8 race suit and helmet then you'll be strapped in to the driver's seat of the V8 race car. During a V8 warm up lap an experienced, professional V8 racing driver will talk you around the 1.6km track, pointing out braking points, turn-in markers, apex and exit points on each corner, which will help prepare you for what’s coming up. 

Then it's time for your V8 race car drive – four heart-pumping laps of mind-bending acceleration and eye-popping grip. You'll discover driving skills you never knew you had, and you'll pick up new tips you can use in real-life situations. Welcome to a whole new world of motor sport experience – a V8 race car drive!

V8 Race Car Drive Eastern Creek Sydney

Feel the excitement and g-force of V8 performance racing with Australia’s premier V8 experience team for 6 laps at Eastern Creek Raceway, a challenging circuit and home to the V8 Supercars and A1 Grand Prix. Driving in an anti-clockwise direction, this track delivers a challenging mix of long straights, tight and tricky corners, rising curves, hills and flats. Be prepared to take it to the max with a no limit drive often reaching 200 kph!
Your V8 race car drive day begins with a registration, followed by on-track observation laps with an instructor at the wheel covering apexes, braking points and overtaking procedure (though it's not a race, overtaking is common - and very exciting!). Then it's off to the pit lane, where you're fitted out with racing overalls and helmet.
You are then strapped in behind the wheel and you're off! Your personal instructor will coach you through the intercom to make sure you go as fast as you can, as safely as you can on the 6 lap session.
To get the most out of your time at the track, you'll be driving on the short course to make learning the corners, apex and braking points a great deal faster. This means you spend your time concentrating on enjoying driving these powerful beasts, rather than learning the circuit.
The heated and air-conditioned VIP suite which doubles as reception, with a balcony that overlooks the start/finish line provides the perfect viewing area for spectators on the day. Or get right into the pit, feel the noise and smell the fumes up close and personal. Complimentary tea and coffee will be available at the reception on the day and a canteen will be open on all race days for the purchase of light meals.