out Bondurant Racing School Bondurant’s menu of High Performance Driving courses enables the everyday driver to hone and sharpen their road skills. Its signature High Performance Driving course, for which gift certificates are available, combines advanced street-driving skills with car-control techniques refined through years on the racetrack. Behind the wheel of a 485-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT 392, guests will cover autocross, slalom, and accident avoidance, along with plenty of track time on the 1.6-mile Bondurant Road Course. www.bondurant.com.
MENTERTAINMENT Fun for the boys
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BY ALISON BAILIN BATZ
ooking to score big with your dad this Father’s Day? Or maybe you’d like to plan a date with your guy in mind. Try one of these guy-tested and dad-approved attractions for a different kind of fun – with a side of thrill.
iFLY With iFLY, people can experience the sensation of skydiving in a safe, comfortable and fun environment – without having to jump out of an airplane. The indoor skydiving facility is a marvel of engineering that replicates the sensation of freefall, creating conditions that allow people to fly on a smooth cushion of air. With the help of iFLY-certified flight instructors, you can learn to fly, control your body in the air and experience true human flight. To prepare for the flight experience, you’ll complete a training class guided by one of iFLY’s flight and safety instructors. All flight packages include training, flight gear and flight time with a certified instructor. www.iflyworld.com. Octane Raceway At Octane Raceway, you can man electric karts that reach speeds of up to 45 mph on an indoor-outdoor track. When you’re not racing, there’s a full-service bar and grill, an arcade, mini bowling, and an outdoor patio with lawn games. A bonus: Brand-new this year is a virtual reality gaming arena called Velocity VR, which is the first free-roam, multi-player virtual reality arena to open in the Western U.S. The permanent attraction has no physical walls or obstacles within the play area, meaning players have complete maneuverability to walk, explore and fight their way through virtual terrains. www.octaneraceway.com. Topgolf At Topgolf, the driving range meets darts meets the best indoor-outdoor bar in town. And while the technology is top secret, Topgolf itself is very easy to understand, and there’s no pencil and paper needed to keep score in this game! From each climatecontrolled bay, you hit a golf ball containing a personalized microchip into one of 11 targets ranging from 20 to 240 yards away. The targets have readers that detect the microchip in your golf ball, then the reader computes your score based on the accuracy and distance of the shot, sending the score to your bay screen. Each bay also has its own server, offering up an impressive beer, wine and cocktail list as well as elevated gastropub fare. www.topgolf.com.
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