Grattan; MotorCity BMWCCA: Sept 16-18, 2022

CURRENT BMW CCA MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED

All students must have a current valid BMW CCA membership prior to registering. Contact BMW CCA National at 1-800-878-9292 or sign up online at BMWCCA.ORG.  Your registration cannot be confirmed unless your Motorsportreg profile includes a verifiable current membership number. (Motorsportreg will confirm this automatically when you register.)

COVID PROTOCOLS

We have no idea what Covid restrictions, if any, will be in place on the day of the school. However, we will follow all federal, state, and local Covid requirements in effect at the time. Currently, we do not plan to require that vaccinated and unvaccinated participants be treated differently or to require masking (although you are welcome to wear a mask if you like). However, we will be asking certain questions on vaccination status as part of the registration process. You can review our Covid guidelines for track events HERE.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Drivers. By the date of the school, all drivers must be 16 years or older and have a full driver’s license that does not require another qualified party to be a passenger in the vehicle. For students under 18, the student and a parent or guardian must sign a Parental and Minor Release Waiver (see Forms below). Be sure to bring your driver's license with you to the school.

Vehicles. We welcome cars of all makes and models! Unfortunately, we can't permit vans, minivans, trucks, or similar vehicles. However, if you have a capable SAV (BMW X3, etc.) and would like to bring it, please contact our chief instructor at drivingevents@motorcitybmwcca.org for prior approval. Our apologies, but per the BMW CCA Driving Events Operations Manual, we cannot accommodate convertibles (soft or retractable hardtop), targa, or T-top vehicles. If you have a question whether your vehicle is permitted, please contact the chief instructor before registering.

Tech inspection. All vehicles must pass a pre-school technical inspection performed by a licensed mechanic and complete the Vehicle Technical Inspection form (see Forms below). This is to be completed before the school. Instructors may, at their option, complete their own technical inspection. No onsite technical inspections will be performed. 

Helmets. You will need a Snell SA or M-rated helmet (2015 or newer). Note: As a result of Covid concerns, we no longer offer helmet rentals.

Forms. All participants should read and complete (as applicable) the following forms and bring them to the event, where Motor City Chapter staff will collect them. All forms are available on our website HERE.

• Vehicle Technical Inspection
• BMW CCA adult waiver
• BMW CCA communicable disease waiver
• Helmet certification
• Parental and Minor Release Waiver (if the student is under 18)

Note: We no longer require a medical form. If you have a medical condition you would like the track's safety crew to know about, you can communicate with them directly at the school. We'll also have available paper wristbands on which you can write a medical condition you'd like the crew to know about. Finally, we encourage you to complete or update your medical information on your Motorsportreg profile page.

For questions or additional information regarding any of these requirements, please contact our chief instructor at drivingevents@motorcitybmwcca.org

Note that a separate application form must be submitted for each driver, even if you are sharing a car.

Please monitor the Motor City Chapter BMW CCA web site for up-to-date information.

INSTRUCTORS

• If you are not on our instructor list, but would like to instruct for us, please contact our chief instructor at drivingevents@motorcitybmwcca.org before registering. We welcome guest instructors. 
• A WORKING COMMUNICATOR is essential for effective communication. Please bring extra batteries. You may have two students over the weekend. Please bring two student headsets or supplies for disinfecting your student headset between sessions.
• All instructor cars should have a front passenger seat. Part of your instructing job includes taking your student out in your car to demonstrate the skills that you are trying to impart. We ask that this demonstration is done at the STUDENT'S RUN GROUP LEVEL speeds. Please, no thrill rides for students. If you would like to instruct, but do not have a car with a front passenger seat, please contact our chief instructor at drivingevents@motorcitybmwcca.org before registering.
• There is no fee for instructors to drive on Saturday-Sunday. The instructor fee for driving on Friday is $150 for instructors who are instructing Saturday or Sunday. If you instructed with us at Waterford Hills this year, you should have received a discount code reducing that fee to zero.
• We ask that you complete your student evaluations using the Driving Evals system. Please share your evaluation with your student before the student (or you) depart the school.
• Finally, thank you for choosing to instruct at a Motor City Chapter drivers school! Your help is essential and very much appreciated. We hope you have a rewarding experience with our chapter. It is our honor to have you instruct with us.

RUN GROUPS AND A+ SOLO DRIVERS

Run groups. We plan to run four run groups at this school: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced/Solo, and Instructors. During registration, students will be asked about their experience and preferred run group. If your preferred run group is consistent with your experience, we will do our best to put you in that group, but the final decision is the chief instructor's.

In-car instruction. The novice and intermediate group students will have instructors assigned to them. Students in the Advanced/Solo group will have instructors assigned to them, at least for the first session on Saturday, unless the student has been pre-approved as an A+ Solo student. Pre-approved A+ Solo students can select A+ Solo as their preferred group during registration. Please check with our chief instructor if you're not sure you're pre-approved or wish to be pre-approved to run A+ Solo at this school.

The A+ Solo double run group option. A+ Solo drivers have the option during registration of paying a small additional fee to run in two different groups--the Advanced/Solo group and the Instructor group. For that small fee, this option effectively doubles your available track time. Before choosing this option during registration, check with our chief instructor to be sure you are pre-approved to run A+ Solo at this school.