Sun, Jul 5, 2020

DRSCCA Solo #3: Summer Heat Solo

Schoolcraft PSTC

About this event

We are capping the Schoolcraft event at 120 vehicles! There will be a waitlist for those who register after 120 entrants have signed up.

 

2020 DRSCCA Solo and Rallycross Supps

In light of current events, we’re taking precautions to ensure that our autocross and rallycross events are as safe as possible for all entrants and volunteers. We will continue to re-evaluate our procedures as we gain more experience and as conditions change.

We ask that you be patient and understanding with the actions that we are taking. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact the Solo Director, John Li, or the Rallycross Director, Matt Wolfe.

Solo Director: John Li
enginetone@gmail.com

Rallycross Director: Matt Wolfe
lonewolfe171@gmail.com


Registration

To facilitate contactless registration at our events, for the time being we are only accepting online registered and paid entrants only. It is at the event chair’s discretion as to whether or not registration will be closed before the event or the day of, and whether or not the event entrants will be capped.

For the first couple of events, expect entry caps and/or early registration deadlines.

Furthermore, only competitors and event workers will be allowed on site. For now, we are not allowing any spectators at our events, as to keep the number of people on site to a minimum. This requirement may be relaxed later in the year.

Competitors and event workers will be asked to check in, as usual. Check-in may take place with the registration worker behind a plexiglass divider on a table (for autocross) or behind the window of a car (for rallycross). Show your drivers license and your membership card behind the barrier and the registration worker will check you in. Once again, only online payment is accepted, and we are not accepting cash or checks at the event.

 

Waivers

It is strongly recommended that SCCA members apply for yearlong waivers, aka “hard cards.” To receive a hard card, one must print out a yearlong waiver form [add link] and either 1) have it notarized, or 2) sign it with an SCCA member witness. You may bring the yearlong waiver form to an event and sign it in front of the waiver worker, which would fulfill the requirements for a hard card.

Any site-specific waiver forms will still need to be signed when entering the site for the first time with the waiver worker.

At the entry to the site, we will have two buckets of pens, one clean and one dirty. You will be asked to use a clean pen to sign the waivers, and to deposit the pen into the bucket of dirty pens once you are finished. Wristbands will either be handed to you, already separated, on the clipboard with the waivers to sign, or placed on a table near the waiver worker for you to pick up.

 

Tech Inspection

Tech inspectors will be inspecting aspects of your car from the outside only. They will ensure that the wheels are solidly mounted to the car with no play in the wheel bearings, the tires are not damaged and are not showing cords, the battery in the engine bay is properly tied down, and the car is appropriately marked with class and car number.

The tech inspector will ask you to verify that your brake pedal is firm, the accelerator pedal returns, and that the car is clear of loose objects.

You may be asked to show the tech inspector the sticker inside your helmet if you don’t have a current helmet tech sticker. Once the tech inspector visually confirms the helmet sticker, you may be directed to pick up a sticker from a table next to tech inspection.

 

Drivers Meeting and Awards Ceremony

We will be doing pre-event online drivers meetings. We will send out either a link to an online video, teleconference, or written document before the event that will comprise the general safety and event procedures of the event.

We will also hold a limited on-site drivers meeting to answer any questions that entrants may have. This may be done either with a socially-distanced gathering where we have the safety steward answer questions with the use of a bull horn or microphone, or with a teleconference or live stream.

There will be no official awards ceremony after the event. Trophies may be distributed either at the event, with entrants picking up their trophies from a table, or sent to entrants after the event.

Procedures for the drivers meeting and the awards ceremony are liable to change as we learn what works well and what doesn’t. Any official guidelines from the SCCA, government organizations, and suggestions from our local members in the medical community may also affect how we hold the pre- and post-event meetings.

 

Paddock, Course, and Timing Truck rules

When outside and not in cars, all entrants and event workers must maintain 6 feet of social distance from each other. This means staying 6 feet away from other people in the paddock, out on the course when doing course walks or working corners, and in spectator areas.

Face masks are mandatory when using indoor restrooms, or if you are within 30 feet of the timing truck/RV. A 30 foot perimeter will be marked around the timing truck/RV, and anyone within the marked perimeter must be wearing a face mask.

We will attempt to staff the timing crew with volunteers from the same family. Timing crews may be asked to work multiple heats in an attempt to limit the number of people that need to enter and exit the timing truck/RV in a given day. The event chair will make the determination, along with the worker chief, as to how to handle the timing crew staffing. No one outside of the timing crews will be allowed inside the timing truck/RV when the event is running. This will be strictly enforced.

Anyone found flagrantly disobeying the rules detailed here will be asked to leave the event immediately.

 

Loaner helmets

For the time being, we are not providing loaner helmets. All competitors must bring their own helmet to use in competition, and the helmet must pass tech inspection.

 

Corner worker assignments

Corner workers must stay a minimum of 6 feet apart. Only the corner captains will be allowed to handle the radios and the flags. There will be disinfecting wipes at the corner stations; corner captains will be asked to sanitize the radios and the flags before and/or after their shifts.

There will be no coolers of water at the corner stations. Water will be distributed out in the open (e.g. spread out on some surface) at the timing truck/RV for workers to take for themselves and bring on to the course. The intent is to remove the corner water cooler as a point of multiple contact.

 

Availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Competitors are responsible for bringing their own face masks and gloves. Please do not forget to bring your own. The club will have a small reserve supply of face masks and gloves at the timing truck/RV for those that forget to bring their own, but we may not have enough PPE to supply all entrants at an event.

Cleaning wipes will be placed at the corner stations and at the timing truck/RV.

Remember, face masks are mandatory when indoors on site or within a 30 foot radius of the timing truck/RV.

 

 

Welcome to the Detroit Region of the SCCA

If you like to drive hard, then Autocross is for you! During autocross competition, drivers compete against the clock as they navigate technical courses. Each driver is given at least three chances to post their best time. It's fast, it's fun, and nearly anyone can afford to participate.

If you'd like to participate in the next autocross event, your car and a helmet are pretty much all you'll need to get started. Autocross competition is broken down into a number of classes so that virtually any car can be competitive. So whether you own a Corvette or a Civic, you can be sure you'll have a great time. So make your plans to attend today.

For more information about event dates, and location, check out the Solo schedule of events. We want to see you there!

For future events and information go to http://drscca.org/solo/

For our calendar of events, http://drscca.org/calendar/

 

***Your SCCA Member #, First & Last Name MUST match your national SCCA Membership exactly***

Schoolcraft Public Safety Training Center

31777 Industrial Road, Livonia MI 48150

Greg Valade - Event Chair

email: TBA

7:00 am Site Open

7:30 - 9:00 am Registration 

7:30 - 8:30 am Tech Inspection Open

8:00 - 9:00 am Course Open for Walking

9:00 am Novice Course Walk

9:30 am Mandatory Driver's Meeting for ALL Drivers

After the meeting 1st Heat Drivers to Grid and Workers report to Worker Chief

10:00 AM 1st Car on Course

Times could vary but our goal is to have a successful event!

 

We enforce SCCA sound rules at all of our events.

Trophies are handed out at the end of the event after the course is cleared of cones and the event truck is packed - please try and stay for trophies!

BE SURE TO BRING:

Your driver’s license

Your SCCA Member Card (if applicable)

Helmets are required, we do have a few we can loan at the event, for acceptable helmet certifications click link below...

Click to Download a pdf of the 2020 Helmet Certification Label Chart

Magnetic class name and numbers, or have CONTRASTING painters tape or electrical tape to create your own on site. (Be mindful it needs to be CLEARLY visible from 50'+ away)

Recommended Checklist:

  • Water / Gatorade (plenty of it)

  • Lunch (No lunch vendor on site, approx. 30 minute lunch break depending on event flow)

  • Sunscreen

  • Sunglasses

  • Bug spray

  • Rain gear / umbrella 

  • Hat / cap

  • Folding chair

  • Tire pressure gauge

  • Tools, jack, jack stands (please protect the site and use stands that don't dig into the asphalt)

  • Paper and a pen

 

Pricing Structure

Members $35

Jr Kart - no Junoir Karts at this time

Council $45

No Affiliation $50

 


 

We will run rain or shine, so be prepared to run and bring appropriate clothing!

We are looking for help in all specialty areas, so please don't be afraid to step up and help out if there is something you are interested in learning!


 

Event requirements

Interim Rules and Procedures:

  • No on site payments allowed. Only online registered and online paid entrants allowed.
  • No spectators allowed. Only paying entrants and event workers are allowed on site.
  • Face masks are mandatory when indoors on site, or if you are within 30 feet of the timing truck/RV. Bring your own face masks and gloves!
  • No loaner helmets will be available. You must bring your own helmet.

 

Registration Procedures:

You must check in at Registration the day of the event, regardless of your online registration or payment status.

Again, please remember to have your Driver's License and Member card with you when checking in.

Entries (166)

FV
Fernando Vega
CK
Charles Kaneb
BL
Ben Lindstrom
PS
Paul Serra
NH
Nathan Hurless
MC
Matthew Ciaramitaro
MW
Michael Weber
GM
Gian Mardirossian

Schoolcraft PSTC

Livonia, MI

Organizer

Autocross/Solo organized by

SCCA - Detroit Region

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Event over!