Mazda Rev It Up is coming to the Texas Motor Speedway May 3-4. More than 18,000 car lovers world-wide are expected to attend Mazda’s new high performance driving school.

This driving school tour is atypical; it teaches performance driving similar to what is taught at a racing school.

Not only will participants learn how to race competitively, they will compete in a national driving competition to win a Mazda6 Sport Sedan.

“Mazda Rev It Up is designed for anyone who loves cars and wants to improve his or her driving skills,” Vice President of Marketing Kristen Simmons said in a press release. “For the truly competitive, it’s a chance to prove they can be one of America’s fastest amateur race drivers.”

The driving school is divided into three parts: classroom instruction, performance driving instruction and competition. Pro drivers teach the course.

Classroom instructions, called “Chalk Talks,” are patterned after methods from real racing schools. Topics such as finding the best seating position, learning vehicle dynamics and understanding skid recovery are discussed.

Mazda’s national competitive driving challenge gives participants two practices and two actual chances to compete for the highest score. Drivers compete on an autocross course behind the wheel of the new MAZDA6. The driver with the highest score in each market around the country will go on to the national finals and be eligible to win a MAZDA6.

“I don’t know if I’d want to participate in the competition, but I love cars and I’d like to go as a spectator,” sophomore sociology major Katy Jenson said.

Car lovers are not the only ones welcome. There will be plenty of interactive activities to entertain people of all interests. Everyone attending will have the chance to drive the new MAZDA6, the Miata, and the Protégé on a simulated street course.

Despite the attempt to appeal to a wider audience, there are still some who are not interested.

“I wouldn’t do it because race car driving is too dangerous, and I don’t like anything about it,” sophomore psychology and Spanish major Alex Brown said.

This world’s largest performance driving tour costs only $40.

Participants may register online at www.MazdaRevItUp.com or by phone at 877-311-5771.