Lessons from other regions/sponsors?

[Tony356993]

Yes looking at other regions events and policies is a good thing but I believe RTR puts on a great and safe event and dont want this thread to make people believe otherwise.

Brian is right on the money. RTR runs great events. I have been to many and RTR does a great job. We have all done out of region events and there are some things that are done that we might consider, therefore Chris is on the money too. I think there are always ways to improve things.

I'm not for a pre-event tech. IMHO it does not eliminate tech the next morning and as Brian stated, it requires more time for thhe vol's.

I do like Potomac's approach with making sure people attend the driver's meeting. If we a really trying to be safe, everyone must be on the same page.

Track access- I know there is an additional fee for camping & leaving trailers/RV's at the track. How much money are we talking? Would it add $10-$20 to each registration fee or is it $50 per entrant? I think if the money made sense, allowing access to the track the night before the event removes a morning of stress on the first track day. It would make things easier @ the Glen & Pocono.

Instructor/Student Introductions: After the drivers meeting, the students and the instructors are paired up in some regions. As a student, it was always stressful trying to find my instructor in a black 911. hock:

Classroom: What do you guys think about getting track maps made on heavy duty vinyl? They could be rolled up and stored in a trailer (sure mine is fine). Basically it would be like the map they have on the wall @ summit only portable. This would allow a consistency between chief instructor, instructors & students in regards to turn #'s and nomenclature. It could have the flag stations that we use on the map so novices will have a better idea where to look. We could clearly have our passing zones identified. These maps could also be used during the driver's meeting & instructor meeting.


Solo Driver event: I know there has been some talk in the past about possible adding a solo driver event. Let's take a poll over the winter on the web site and see what interest drivers would have in a mid-week (w/e's are hard to get) white and above only DE. Are solo driver's & instructors willing to pay a higher entrance fee for a day or two with a lot of track time?

Student & Instructor Only Event: I firmly believe that this years green student could be 2014's chief instructor. The survival of our DE program requires attracting new participants into our activity. Since the green and blue run group sells out the quickly, how about a 1-2 day event where there were two green groups and two blue groups and a combined instructor group. This would allow more folks to take that critical first step into DE. As we all know they will be hooked after that.

Track Orientation: As we did @ MAW, 1st timers to a specific track could get parade laps in an instructors truck/suv to see the track at a reduced speed and allow communication about the track, corner stations, etc. This would reduce anxiety the first session out.