Fri, Nov 22 - Sun, Nov 24, 2013

Tarheel & Toe HPDS Fall '13

Virginia International Raceway

About this event

 SssIf you're on the fence, jump!  Run groups are just about full.  If waitlisted, please be patient.  Spaces will be filled from the list as they become available.  Spaces remaining as of 11/12/2013 11am:

A-waitlist,  B-waitlist, C-waitlist, D-waitlist

Evaluations are posted to your account. To access log in > My Account > Edit > below your experience is your LOG with the Evaluations.

November 2013 High Performance Driving School

Come join us at the Tarheel & Toe High Performance Driver School [HPDS]  for a wonderful opportunity to experience the Full Course at Virginia International Raceway [VIR]. Learn more about VIR at www.VIRclub.com. Learn more about Tarheel Chapter BMW CCA Driver Schools at www.tarheelbmwcca.org

DRIVING SCHOOL STUDENTS Must be BMW CCA members to participate per BMW CCA guidlines.  Registration opens to current Tarheel Chapter BMW CCA members on 9/9/13 at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.  HPDS cost $380.00 Sat/Sun for CCA members Only.  Not a member of CCA? Join at www.BMWCCA.org and hit the JOIN button. May 8th registration opens to BMWCCA members from other chapters.

FRIDAY:  Only Instructor Training School [ITS] students who have passed the Driver Skills Evaluation and Tarheel School students who have A+ experience with Tarheel Chapter HPDS may register for Friday.  Just as we have definitions for A-D group experience, so have we added the NEW CATEGORY A+.  Briefly stated, Friday is now open to "A+" students, defined as those who score 5's in attitude and 11 or higher in all skill categories on their most recent Student Evals AND have completed four Tarheel Chapter schools (8 days) in the "A" group over the past three years.  Review your Log Book on Msreg.com. The cost to A+ students for Friday is $199.00. There will be a student meeting, brief classroom and Coaches will be available to you during at least one session and optionally throughout the day upon request.  Note the registration fee does not include lunch. The four run groups on Saturday and Sunday will remain.  A+ is only a Friday designation. 

INSTRUCTORS registration opens 9/9/13 at 8:00 PM and will not close until staffing is completed. Note we cannot confirm students until we have sufficient staff so please let us know early that you will be available to Instruct.  Friday cost for instructors working Sat/Sun (as well as ITS candidates) is $120.00.   Not included are Instructors not available to instruct the weekend or A-B-C-D level students. Note we are inviting A+ students.  Read paragraph above.  Sat/Sun there is no charge for working instructors.  Lunch tickets ($9.00) are provided to Instructors S/S.

Please read carefully.  We plan to have a dinner (supper if you are from around here) Saturday evening at the VIR Facility using the (Museum) Banquet Building.  Please plan to be part of this social evening.  Cost is $20.00 and includes the choice of BBQ Chicken for those who choose not to eat Pork and a Pig Pickin' with all the trimmings to include non alcoholic beverages.  A cash bar will be available. This is a great opportunity to meet each other and share the day's events.

PAYMENT PROCESSING HAS CHANGED

We have switched to "Required but Deferred" payment processing to ensure no one is charged until they're confirmed. That said, a valid card must be provided at registration, but we will not charge until we confirm you to the event.  If your card is denied when we attempt to charge, you may languish on the waitlist.  Please plan accordingly.

REGISTRATION CHECK-IN FOR EVERYONE IS IN THE SOUTH PADDOCK AT VIR FRIDAY.  Participants who attend Friday will register Friday AM around 8:30 AM.  EVERYONE else registers Friday late afternoon/evening in the Paddock of the South Course.  INSTRUCTORS working only Sat/Sun may check-in Saturday AM if you are not able to do so Friday.  Please, everyone try to register  Friday.  Saturday mornings are very hectic and stressful for everyone.

 

Event requirements

First 10 days of registration (9/9/13 through 9/18/13) are reserved for current Tarheel Chapter members and registered affiliate  (home chapter + Tarheel) members only.  Fee of $380.00 includes Saturday and Sunday.  We verify membership with CCA National prior to confirmation as accepted in the school.  Associate Members (immediate family member of a current member CCA living at home or in college) may register as if you are the primary member. On 9/9/13 registration opens to other current BMW CCA chapter members first received basis, same cost as Tarheel Members.

HPDS participants MUST be current BMW CCA members per the CCA National regulations. In order to retain CCA standing, our events must be for CCA members only.  Interested participants may become CCA members using the link provided in the registration process.  One does not have to own a BMW to be a CCA member. New CCA members may request for their primary chapter to be Tarheel Chapter in order to get to register during the first 10 days. Please join at www.bmwcca.org.

No one under the age of 18 years may participate in a Tarheel BMWCCA High Performance Driver School.  Check out www.StreetSurvival.org.

NO TIMING EQUIPMENT ALLOWED. BMWCCA guidelines prohibit it.  We do not consider data acquisition or filming your laps to be TIMING as long as it is not available to you while driving the track.  You will be required to obscure real-time lap data from view while driving.  It gathers information to help you be more proficient. This is NOT a competition, anything that makes it so violates our stated mission.

Please check www.tarheelbmwcca.org  under HPDS Insurance to read the latest information on what is covered by our purchased Event Insurance.   You as waiver signed participants are covered for liability ensuing from your participation in this event. You must understand that you are not protected by this policy for collision. This is a gentleman's sport. You are responsible for your vehicle and that of anyone else involved with you in a collision at the event. Private insurance policies may not cover at a "racing surface" based school. READ your insurance policies exclusions.  Hint: Do not ask your Insurance Agent if you are covered during a driver school on a track; rather ask for all exclusions in writing.  We, as organizers strive to comply with the BMW CCA HPDS Guidelines and to be diligent in enforcing the policies. This gives the best opportunity to successfully defend any lawsuit (heaven forbid) occurring out of executing this HPDS. Your cooperation and safe conduct enables us to maintain reasonable insurance costs to the chapter thus helping keep our price of participation competitive. 

Students And Instructors

  • All cars must be tech inspected and Tech Sheet completed prior to registration.  Tarheel Chapter staff do NOT tech your car on-site.  It is your responsibility to ensure that your car is safe. After the meet and greet you and your assigned instructor will Clean Tech your car and get familiar with the car and its modifications if any.
  • A Snell-rated helmet (with sticker) is mandatory! Both SA and M rated SNELL 2005 or newer helmets are allowed.
  • NOTE: The SNELL requirement changed to SNELL 2005 beginning January 2012.
  • SNELL 2000 HELMETS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED AT OUR EVENTS.  PLEASE CHECK YOUR HELMET!
  • Equal restraints are required for driver and passenger.  This applies to EVERYONE.  If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for your passenger.
  • Long sleeve shirts and long pants are required unless special permission is granted to the school; usually it is based on temperatures. Come prepared for either short or long sleeves.
  • All cars participating in the school Sat./Sun. must have front passenger seat. NO EXCEPTIONS!
  • Requirements for participation in a convertible or open-top car are based on BMW CCA Guidelines and may be found on our website: www.tarheelbmwcca.org  Contact our Chief Instructors Paul Tillery/April Curtis or our safety officer, Mike Hinkley well ahead of the event to insure that you understand and comply with the convertible guidelines. We adhere to them without exception.
  • The event will be held rain or shine. However, the club may cancel or close down the event if the track or weather conditions pose an inordinate safety concern for the participants. The decision is that of the Chief Instructor and Event Coordinator.
  • The Sleep INN will be the headquarters for this school. We have BLOCKED A SECTION WITH REDUCED RATES. Be sure to request the BMW CCA Tarheel negotiated rate.

Students 

Vehicles must have a muffler sufficient to allow for use of headset communicators for all student groups . Stock exhaust systems are fine.  If you can't carry on a normal conversation in the cabin at highway speed WITH WINDOWS DOWN, your exhaust will not be compliant...  Contact the Chief Instructor prior to registering if you have questions about your vehicle's compliance.

When selecting your run group preference, use the following guidelines.

            A+: Experience 4 or more schools  (8 days) in the A group with Tarheel Chapter in the most recent three seasons and achieve scores of all 5's Attitude and 11's or better on driver skills in your student evaluation. Add to that a recommendation of 2 TH instructors to qualify for A+.  Confirmed A+ students may register to drive on Fridays in addition to Sat/Sun.

  • A : Experience 8 or more schools &/or completed B with recommendation of Instructor to move to A.

  • B : Experience 6 or more schools &/or completed C with recommendation of Instructor to move to B.

  • C : Experience 4 or more schools &/or completed D with recommendation of Instructor to move to C.

  • D : Experience 0-4 schools.

Students may elect to remain in a lower group for more experience at any level; an instructor may elect not to advance a student even if s/he has enough schools to advance. Note that a recommendation from your last instructor to move you up is needed in order for you to advance. You may request a specific instructor at the time of registration. We will TRY to accommodate that request.  Do NOT wait until a week prior to the school to make special requests, it is likely that your requested instructor will have been taken by then.

HPDS on-track training will be provided by in-car instructors who will instruct to your individual needs & level of experience.  There are typically 4 run groups, 4 sessions daily and ample classroom instruction. First time students/D group students will ride in the instructor's car with their instructor driving for their first session of the day to provide a good orientation to the track, corner workers' location and a general overview of what they may expect during the school.  This is done without helmets at lower than highway speeds. This follows our MEET and GREET session at which time you will meet your instructor and together you will set a time to clean tech your car. D students will also have classroom prior to their first driving session on track.  Read all of the confirmation packet at http://tarheelbmwcca.org/track.html prior to arrival. Confirmation packets will be made available on line AFTER YOU'VE BEEN CONFIRMED as attending.  Be Safe and Have Fun.

Your run group preference is only that, we reserve the right to reassign as indicated or as necessary based on # in your run group. We also check your log book prior to confirmation.


Instructors

  • A WORKING COMMUNICATOR is essential for good communication. In the case of medical reasons why YOU can't use the ear pieces, just use the microphone. Your student can wear the ear pieces. He/she can hear you, you can't hear him over the intercom.  Not ideal, but better than shouting.
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  • All cars participating Sat/Sun must have the front passenger seat. NO EXCEPTIONS! Part of your instructing job includes taking your student out in your car to demonstrate the skills that you are trying to impart. This demonstration is done at the STUDENT'S RUN GROUP LEVEL speeds.  Please, no thrill rides.
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  • Participant Registration is done on Friday at the track.  The arm band is placed on your arm at registration by our staff when you sign the waiver. VIR also has a waiver that you must sign to gain entrance to VIR, that is different and in addition to our insurance waiver. 
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  • BMW CCA guest instructors belonging to chapters other than Tarheel, who have instructed with us in the recent past, may register at the same time as our regular Tarheel Cadre. Guest instructors will be used as needed. If you have not instructed with us in the recent past and you are available, please contact Scott Meyer at smeyer1116@yahoo.com. Your online registration is time-stamped when you sign up online. The instructor fee for Friday is $120 for instructors who are instructing Saturday and Sunday. Please do not pay on line for Friday. We will accept checks or cash at the Friday AM registration at the track.  Please bring your checkbooks or cash.  No participant may attend Friday if they are not participating Sat. & Sun.  Our policy is that instructors will have A & C or B & D students to facilitate time for pre-track communication and post-track debriefing. The written student evaluation is required as part of your duties. Please, Instructors be precise and share your scoring with your student.  If you wish to add an additional comment for staff only, do so after your review with your student.  There is a new category on the evaluation meant for experienced A students only: Is proficient at pass anywhere with a point. This will provide information for the CIs to screen A students into A+ which permits students to participate in Friday as a third school day.  Do not score the A student above 10 in any category in which he is not proficient enough to be ready to drive with Instructors. All 11's/12's are required if the student runs Friday.
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  • Special Registration Note: If you are a recognized instructor for Tarheel Chapter do NOT sign up as a student or "BMW CCA Member", doing so puts you in the student pool.  If you are not presented with access to the instructor signup packages, and you have instructed with Tarheel Chapter BMW before, contact the Tarheel Chief Instructor or school coordinator, JoElla John jjohnmcoupe@aol.com  and request to be flagged as a "Recognized Instructor".  If you were already flagged as instructor by the CI, you should have been directed to the Instructors only sign up. Once you are on the "Recognized Instructor" list,  select the Fri/Sat/Sun or the Sat/Sun option and continue. Yes, it is necessary to complete the information requested in the forms. From them we will generate our school management paperwork.  At minimum fill in T-shirt size and car & car color. Thank you for choosing Tarheel Chapter HPDS. Your help is essential and very much appreciated. We hope you have a rewarding experience with Tarheel Chapter.  It is our honor to have you instruct with us.
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  • We are anticipating a full school and need your able assistance to insure that each student has an in-car instructor.  We will only confirm students as we have commitments from instructors; no instructor will have more than two students.  We offer Friday prior to the school as Instructor Orientation day for instructors working S/S at the cost of $120.00. We will be joined by ITS candidates who have completed their driving mechanics check off and by A+ students at this school. There will be lots of quality track time for everyone.
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  • We also welcome recognized instructors who can only attend Sat and Sun just click on the Sat/Sun option.  In-car instructors register for Fri/Sat/Sun if you are attending all three days.  All Instructors, the Instructor confirmation packet is available at http://tarheelbmwcca.org/track.html for further information on headquarters, etc...  PACKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER YOU'VE BEEN CONFIRMED as attending by our Chief Instructors.

Sleep INN will be the headquarters for this school. We have BLOCKED A SECTION WITH REDUCED RATES. Be sure to request the BMW CCA Tarheel negotiated rate.

Entries (235)

JG
Joseph Genego
SM
Susan Mcintosh
DB
Donald Bryan
SB
Scott Burke
JW
James Womack
VM
Vernon McClure
CH
Charles Haynsworth
FB
Fred Baumann

Virginia International Raceway

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