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Bob Bondurant School Closes Down a Month After Filing Bankruptcy
Bob Bondurant School Closes Down a Month After Filing Bankruptcy-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:12

The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, the official school of and its performance line, closed down Monday, according to reports. The closure comes a month after the school in “a difficult yet important step towards becoming a stronger company,” it at the time.

Started by former Le Mans racer Bob Bondurant after recovering from racing injuries that ended his career, the school in Arizona on Oct. 2. reports that a spokesperson for the school confirmed its closure on Monday, but that not much else was said about it.

From the story:

A call to the school’s president and CEO, Patricia Bondurant, was not immediately returned.

There was no immediate word on why the decision was made to close the school. The spokesman said more details would likely be released in the coming days.

The school’s Facebook page last posted two days before the school’s reported closure, so we’ve also reached out for comment.

Initial bankruptcy filings are simple and have a bunch of checkboxes, and the filing for the Bondurant school checked the box for owing an estimated 50 to 99 creditors between $1 million and $10 million. Patricia Bondurant, the school’s president and CEO and Bob Bondurant’s wife, signed the documents.

After the school filed for bankruptcy last month, it that it would continue operating and working with students and corporate groups during the proceedings while “develop[ing] new business relationships to ensure the vitality of the Company in the future.”

“The Chapter 11 ensures we will have sufficient time to reorganize and position the Company for sustained success,” the post said. “Our plan is to emerge from this process as a stronger company and continue to drive this Company into the next 50 years.”

The Bondurant school became the official driving school for Dodge and SRT in 2015, according to , and the school’s says owners and lessees of 2017 and 2018 SRT vehicles get a one-day driving experience with the school, which is $999 otherwise, included in the cars’ purchase price. The experience is redeemable within a year of the purchase, meaning there could be any number of people still eligible for it now that the school has reportedly closed.

The official Dodge Garage website on it, and we’ve reached out to Dodge and SRT to ask what will be done in terms of future driving schools and SRT buyers who haven’t redeemed their driving experience with the school yet.

We’ll update this story if we hear back.

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