More than 300 Drivers and Motorsports Pros Featured in SAFEisFAST Tutorial Films

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More than 300 Drivers and Motorsports Pros Featured in SAFEisFAST Tutorial Films

  • RRDC’s online driver development program SAFEisFAST surpasses 300 contributors
  • The films have amassed 7 million views in 174 countries
  • Champions from F1, IndyCar and IMSA advise next generation of racers
  • SAFEisFAST brings together rival teams and drivers to support RRDC’s educational mission

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (May 20, 2025) – Since its inception in 2013 by the Road Racing Drivers Club, more than 300 drivers and motorsports professionals have contributed to tutorial films for aspiring racers produced by the club’s online driver development program SAFEisFAST.

SAFEisFAST – which stands for Skilled, Assured, Fit and Empowered – creates tutorial videos for young racers that cover every attribute necessary to become professional drivers and championship winners. They are split into six categories: Finding Speed, Racecraft, Race Car Set-Up, Career Management, Mental & Fitness Training and Driver Safety. The library of over 150 videos is also viewed by amateur racers and e-sports participants both looking for success in the virtual world and transitioning to real world competition.

The RRDC boasts free access to “the faculty money can’t buy” for SAFEisFAST’s films, featuring advice from F1, IndyCar and IMSA champions, including Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon and three-time IMSA champion Jordan Taylor.

Videos feature other leading motorsport professionals, such as team bosses Zak Brown, Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi, as well as media personalities Leigh Diffey, Bob Varsha and Marshall Pruett. Elsewhere, key engineers such as Kyle-Wilson Clarke and Jess Braun, race directors, fitness experts and safety developers from the FIA, IndyCar and motorsport’s leading apparel providers have all contributed.

Three-time IndyCar Champion Alex Palou in SAFEisFAST’s “Steering With Your Feet” film. (Image courtesy of SAFEisFAST)

The films, which have amassed 7 million views in 174 countries, offer a unique platform for rival drivers and teams to come together to work towards the common goal of giving back to the sport and offering championship-winning advice to the next generation of racing talent.
 
“SAFEisFAST is an integral part of the RRDC,” said Bobby Rahal, RRDC President. “There is no other program in the world that offers advice from the very best and most successful drivers completely for free. To have more than 300 contributors from Formula 1, IndyCar, IMSA and other top-level championships for our videos is a testament to the RRDC’s efforts to bring together drivers, team bosses, engineers and other motorsport professionals who want to give back to the sport.”
 
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Those wishing to sign up for the program, may do so here.
 
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In 2017, the RRDC created The Mark Donohue Foundation to help support the SAFEisFAST initiative. Information on the Foundation may be found at https://rrdc.org/mark-donohue-foundation/.
 
About SAFEisFAST:
SAFEisFAST is a free, online driver development program produced by the Road Racing Drivers Club, featuring RRDC members and other industry experts. SAFE stands for Skilled, Assured, Fit, Empowered – the qualities a young driver must acquire and hone if they want to be successful. A film library of over 150 videos covers racecraft, lowering lap times, car set-up, driver safety, career management as well as physical and mental fitness.

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