Learn To Race Like A Champion With Our 8 Week Junior Driving Program

LeMans Drivers Academy(LDA) Karting Course for 12 – 17yr Olds

The LeMans Drivers Academy is the best place to start your racing career or experience behind the wheel. Every school term, we offer an 8 week program that covers multiple areas of driving and what it takes to become a champion. Our LDA classes are run on Wednesday and Thursday nights and are 1 hour and 30 minutes long. The sessions include theory and practical programs at our team HQ plus the opportunity to put what you have learned into practice by driving on our Penrite track, which is the most technical track at LeMans, rather than focused on speed.

LDA is a great pathway for children to learn and develop! Not just driving skills, but teamwork and practical skills to help any aspiring driver. With emphasis on a fun, safe, and inclusive environment, we’re sure your kids will be excited to attend each week and participate in a sport that is always fun!
 
The LeMans Driver Academy is a program for 12-17 year olds, developing driving skills and providing a great opportunity to explore the fun and excitement of racing in a safe environment.
 
Is your child under 12? We have the right thing for you: Rookie Driver Development program, aimed at 8-11 year olds and offers a similar curriculum for the younger racers looking for a fun way to start racing.

Term 4 Enrolment is Now Open!’

 

Term 4 commences on Wednesday 9th October and Thursday 10th October

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Rookie Driver Development

Too young for YDA? Our Rookie Driver Development program is the perfect way to get ready to join the LeMans Young Driver Academy. For ages 8-11 the course runs for 6 weeks during the school term. Click the button below or contact a member of the team for more details.

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Junior Race League

If you’re ready to take your skill to the track the LeMans Junior Race League (JRL) is the best place to test your talent against the best of the best junior racers around! It’s also a lot of fun and a great way to learn some driving skills in an enjoyable and safe environment. Click below for more info. 

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The First Step Of Your Racing Journey

LeMans are giving you the chance to win your very own race kart with expert support to help you on your way for the first year of racing. Valued at over $30,000 this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to kick start your racing career. Click below for more details or contact a member of our team.

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What is covered in our 8 week Karting course for juniors?

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Our Program is designed to progress and build on your child’s learning each term! Meaning they will obtain a wide range of knowledge and skills whilst seeing improvements in their racing from term to term. We always cover Safety & Standards of racing in our first week, serving as an introduction for new drivers and the team.

The LeMans Driver Academy sessions are run on the Penrite Track, in Sprint Karts. Given it’s Melbourne, we deal with all weather conditions. This gives the kids an advantage in gaining experience in and a better understanding of road and racing conditions and the variables they may face as we operate in most weather conditions. Every week we start with a theoretical component in class, learn about fitness and warm ups of a race.

 Each session contains plenty of driving with varying drills and a strong focus on fun yet challenging activities. At the end of the term, parents will race it out in our guardians race and we hold a presentation where each student will receive a completion certificate.very week there is learning, practice & of course karting. The program provides fantastic value to get plenty of laps in our 200cc Sprint Karts. Each week we aim to have at least 30 minutes on track, developing real world skills to help with not just racing, but also driving a car when the time comes.

At the end of term presentation everyone will receive a certificate in recognition of their hard work. We have regular prizes for sportsmanship, fairness and dedication during the weekly sessions. 

The curriculum for the 8 weeks:

  • Safety
  • Racing Lines
  • Braking
  • Lap Consistency
  • Endurance Racing
  • Wet Driving
  • Race Starts
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Experienced Coaches Running YDA 

The LeMans Drivers Academy is lead by our experienced coaches who are passionate about racing. Our team of course have working with children checks completed and the safety of our participants is our top focus.

We strive to create a fun, inclusive environment to learn driving skills and create fantastic friendships! LDA is the perfect program to learn fundamental driving skills for both road and racing applications. 

In 2024 we’re excited to welcome a wide range of guest specialty coaches to assist our regular LeMans coaching team, providing expert advice, training and guidance to all LDA participants.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We may be biased, but definitely yes! Every term will have new drills so there’ll be new things to learn. It is valuable to continue building on the skills, our YDA team spend time getting to know each competitor, so we have lots of repeat enrollments. Plus, practice makes perfect when it comes to shaving seconds off your PB lap time.

If you’ve enrolled in the full eight-week term for the first time, then we’ll have a welcome pack for you. We’re working on the 2024 updates at the moment!

Our YDA program is where the next generation of racing superstars from 12-17 years start to learn their race craft, and it is a feeder to our Junior Race League. Your YDA experience will be a great help if you decide to participate in any of the JRL events at LeMans throughout the year. Under 12? Check out our Rookie Driver Development program. 

What Our Customers say

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