PCASDR DE & Time Trial – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway
Event Requirements
Registration closed January 23, 2012 11:59 PM at 2012-01-23T23:59:00-0800 Registration ends January 23, 2012 11:59 PM at 2012-01-23T23:59:00-0800 Registration opens December 24, 2011 3:00 PM at 2011-12-24T15:00:00-0800 Registration runs from December 24, 2011 3:00 PM to January 23, 2012 11:59 PM
Prior Experience: DE participants need no prior experience (minimum age of 18 years, valid state driver's license, and good mental and physical health required)! Time Trial participants without a Zone 8 Competition Permit (or approved equivalent) must have completed at least 8 Autocross and/or DE and/or Driving School days or equivalent over the past 6 to 24 months. DE participants will have separate run groups from Time Trial participants.
All novice drivers will be required to have an Instructor. Novice DE drivers will have a required educational component as part of their schedule that commences on Friday evening. If you are a novice DE driver with no prior performance driving experience you must be available on Friday evening January 27 at 6:30 pm at the event hotel as well as on Saturday January 28 at the track. Based upon past sign-ups, it is unlikely that there will be more than 1 DE group at this event so car sharing among 2 DE participants is unlikely (though if one participant qualifies to Time Trial, sharing is not an issue so long as there is enough demand for a DE group). Also please note that there are clothing requirements and an approved helmet is required. Please contact the Registrar at least 2 weeks prior to the event for information on helmet rental if needed. Experienced drivers new to SDR events may also be required to have an Instructor until their competency has been demonstrated.
New Classification System for 2012: The classification system has changed for 2012. Even if you participated in the SDR classification system in 2011 you will still need to reclassify your car from scratch. Fortunately there's now an online tool to help you do that. Go to http://zone8.pca.org/CarClass/Default.aspx and enter info about your car. You need to do this BEFORE you click Continue below and begin to register as you are required to input your 2012 class as part of the registration process. All cars need to do this, including X class cars, as safety equipment requirements are determined based upon Modification points which are calculated as part of the online tool. The ability for the online tool to calculate Modification points for non-Porsches is still under development. Non-Porsches running in X class may register now but will be required to provide their Modification point total prior to the event once the online tool has the functionality to calculate it.
Pre-tech is Strongly Encouraged! Please try to take your car in for service and have it thoroughly inspected prior to this event. With two full days of our high track time event in the Palm Springs area, you will want to be safe and have your car make it through the weekend. Plus you'll want to be certain that, before you leave for the track, you and your car have any required safety equipment (Stock and Street Stock coupes generally need no additional safety equipment, but see the Rules link below to be sure that you qualify). All entrants pre-teching must present a Tech Inspection Form with name, address, phone, car, class, etc. to a qualified tech inspection shop. The form can be found at: http://pcasdr.net/pcasdr/forms/AXRegForm.pdf. The Tech Inspection Form has changed for 2012. Please download the new form using the link above. Do not use the old form as the classification system has changed since the 2011 season so it will not be accepted and you will need to re-tech at the track. Cars inspected by shops not personally known to the Registrar are subject to random on-site re-inspection.
PCA Zone 8 Driving Rules for 2012 can be found here: http://zone8.pca.org/rules/2012/2012Z8Rules.pdf.
If there are any changes to your registration data after the online registration deadline, you need to notify the Registrar by the day of the event BEFORE the first run session.
All entrants and guests shall be required to sign the PCA waiver upon registering at the track. This is in addition to any waiver that the track itself may require you to sign. You are responsible for your guests and may be asked to leave the event if your guests are found to have not signed the PCA waiver.
The track may charge its own separate nominal entrance fee. This fee does not go to PCA and is beyond our control.
Transponders: If you have an AMB Transponder, be sure you've entered the number under "My Account." (Hint: you do this where you edit your vehicle information.) If you don't have a Transponder, they are available for rent and you must have a Transponder to drive in the Time Trial. Transponder not required for DE registrants.
