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Cornerspin: Getting Roadracing Dirty Photo Gallery

This is road racing? At the Cornerspin school asphalt lessons are learned in the dirt.

The secret to better road racing is to be found in the dirt. Or so says Aaron Stevenson, with his Cornerspin School. Read the full report in our Cornerspin: Getting Roadracing Dirty riding school review.

Located in rural North Carolina, the Cornerspin school is within driving distance of the mid-Atlantic and close to a major airport for those who need to fly in.

A future champ in the making? Unlikely. But learning racing skills in the dirt has a proven track record with American champs like Kenny Roberts and Nicky Hayden.

Tucking the front end on the track can mean a couple of Franklins in damage and a possible joy ride in an ambulance. At Cornerspin you can find the limits of traction and losing it means nothing more than dirt on your pants.

Cornerspin students vary from beginning riders to track day junkies, expert road racers to seasoned street riding veterans.

It's not a flat track oval or a motocross course. The Cornerspin track is built to mimic a road course, but in the dirt.

Drill, baby drill. At Cornerspin you develop the fundamentals through exercises like feet-up, one-handed maneuvering around obstacles.

Head instructor Aaron Stevenson demonstrates proper body position.

Instructors Michael Dillon (left) and Aaron Stevenson show their students how it's done.

Don't let the "school" part fool you. You'll spend most of your time sitting in the seat, not at a desk, at Cornerspin.

"Corner" as in "cornering." "Spin" as in "your back wheel fighting for traction as you exit." By Day 2 of the Cornerspin school students are starting to put the pieces together.

Not a "click," but a "snap." Day 2. One "eyes up" short of perfect dirt riding form.

Your race face; only one of the skills the intensity of Cornerspin will bestow on you.

Cornerspin founder and head instructor Aaron Stevenson demonstrates the proper body position for cornering in the dirt.

At Cornerspin students learn riding lessons in the dirt that apply directly to street and track riding.

All the skills drills pay-off with perfect form at speed by the end of the weekend.

Picture perfect.

No one ever told you that 7 horsepower could teach you so much and be this fun.

Instruction at Cornerspin is hands-on and personal.

Put a small bike on a tight, narrow track and 15 mph feels like 150 on the front straight at Laguna Seca.

Cornerspin instructors are veteran racers, like flat track and road racing pro, Michael Dillon.

As the weekend progresses you get the soles of your feet out of the dirt and onto the pegs.

Just when you think your lean angles are crazy Cornerspin instructor Michael Dillon puts you in your place.