The All 4 Fun Racing school at Santa Rosa Fairgrounds runs over three days in April — Friday evening classroom, Saturday full-day in-car instruction, Sunday competition. It’s built for people who have been curious about rallycross but haven’t pulled the trigger: too expensive, too intimidating, not sure where to start. None of those hold here. You bring your own car, borrow a helmet if you need one, and spend two days learning car control on dirt from drivers who include regional and state champions.

Friday evening is a classroom session led by Donnie Smith covering how a rallycross weekend actually works — registration, race-day flow, car setup, and what the path looks like from rallycross into rallysprint or stage rally. Saturday puts instructors in your passenger seat for a full day of hands-on driving: cornering, sliding, weight transfer, getting comfortable with what a car does when the surface stops gripping. Sunday is a live California Race Series points event.

Open to drivers 16 and up. Any hardtop street car that passes a basic safety inspection is eligible. Register at sidewaysdata.com/event/435/.