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Stunt Driving Experience offers a new angle on motoring fun.

Calling all thrill-seekers, the exciting world of daredevil Hollywood stunt driving can now be performed by anyone with an eager spirit and sense of fun, or for those who just want to learn how it’s done.

Handbrake turns, jumps, spins and even two-wheeled driving doesn’t have to be the domain of just the movie screen with Driver Dynamics recently launching its Stunt Driving Experience.

Creator Kevin Flynn’s company Driver Dynamics has devised a packed half-day experience of fun and adrenaline. With elements taken from his course designed for professional stunt performers, anyone savvy enough to control a manual transmission can have one of the most unique experiences possible in a car, emulating stunts seen in Hollywood films such as The Dukes of Hazzard, The Bourne trilogy and The Italian Job.

With no experience necessary, after participants are given a brief outline of the course activities, they are put in the driver’s seat of the specially modified late-model stunt training cars. Based on easy-to-drive four-cylinder Toyotas, Flynn’s professional instructors - some Guinness World Records holders for driving tasks - will be in the passenger seat to calm nerves, provide motivation and offer advice and tips on how to master each of the stunts.

As a car-themed alternative to the clichéd bridge climbs and bungy jumps, the course includes teaching skills on how to perform a 180-degree handbrake turn and precision park and evolves into performing multiple 360 degree spins on Driver Dynamic’s unique Split Surface System.

The drawcards are the big stunts, starting with a ramp-to-ramp three-metre jump. After gaining speed up the 15 metres launch ramp, cars fly over a three-metre gap to a landing ramp for a thrilling sensation without damaging the car or back.

Once mastered, it’s onto the day’s biggest challenge of driving on two wheels, where the instructors take control to show how it’s done. Few places in the world offer this incredible experience.

Flynn says of the program: “We’ve designed the Stunt Driving Experience so anyone can come along and have some fun. That’s what it’s all about. It’s not specifically about driver training but if people are more aware of a car’s capabilities and drive safer as a result, then that’s a bonus.”

Featured on TV shows such as Channel 9’s The Car Show, and Channel 10’s Cybershack, Miss Australia 2006 Erin McNaught was a recent participant and was glowing with praise: “These guys give you a raw, adrenaline-fuelled experience,” said Ms McNaught. “There are no tedious safety lectures, no primary school tones. You can just hop in and do a three-metre ramp-to-ramp jump without breaking a sweat. This school has it all.”

All performed on the safety of a racetrack, with no experience necessary and ages ranging from 18 to 80, participants receive a certificate on completion.