About this event
TSCC Novice Autocross School
TSCC is presenting a Novice Autocross School. The instruction is focused on the basics of autocross including driving lines, car placement, and car control. Instructors will vary the level of instruction slightly to match the experience of their students but this is not intended to be an intermediate or advanced school.
Students are also required to participate with instruction. This is not intended to be a test & tune for more experienced competitors.
Registration opens for Members Only on March 30th, three weeks prior to the event on Saturday. It opens for Non-members on April 10th. Registration is limited. Entrants above the limit will be put on a wait list.
The school is $60 for members and $70 for non-members. Lunch is included with entry into the school.
Notice: The Novice school is NOT included in the annual subscription for Full members. Full members wishing to participate have to register and pay if they wish to attend.
Event requirements
Schedule
7:00 Gates Open
7:30 – 8:00 Registration
7:45 – 8:15 Tech
8:30 Drivers Meeting / Class/ Group instruction
9:15 Break up into groups –Group 1 to Grid
9:30 First Car Off
9:30 - 10:30 Skid Pad Driving
10:30 - 11:30 Slalom Driving
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Instruction Resumes
12:30 - 2:00 Slalom/Off-Set Driving
2:00 - 3:30 Timed Course Driving
3:30 - 4:30 End of Day Meeting/All Hands Clean Up
The event will take place RAIN OR SHINE. In the event of severe weather, a decision will be made at the driver’s meeting to determine whether or not we will be running. If the decision is made to cancel the event earlier than that, you will be contacted by email.
Registration:
All drivers must check in at registration the morning of the race, even if you pre-registered online. TSCC uses SCCA car classing. If you do not know what class you are in, please review the SCCA car classing rules , or ask for help from one of the more experienced drivers the morning of the event or on one of the local autocross forums like autocross.us, TSCC's official discussion forum.
Tech Inspection
Cars must be fulled prepared, including numbers applied and registration card under your wiper, before proceeding to tech.
Numbers:
All cars will required to have their number and class displayed on each side of the car. Numbers must be at least 8in tall and must be a contrasting color to the color of the car. Painter's tape is available at tech. Class letters must be at least 4in tall.
Interior:
Make sure that you clean out all the unnecessary stuff that you have inside your car. Loose speakers, stuff hanging from the rear view mirror, wrappers and those wrenches that you have been carrying around need to be removed. Clean it as if you were selling it. Remove the floor mats. Grab a plastic grocery bag (or two) and put everything in. They also come in handy when “restuffing” the car at the end of the day…
Trunk:
Clean it out with the exception of stuff that you don’t mind leaving in your parking space at the event. For example; spare tire, tools, jack, lawn chair.
Helmet:
Helmets must be SNELL M2000, SA2000, K2000 or newer; SFI 31.1, 41.1, 31.1A, 31.2A, 41.1A, 41.2A or British spec BS6658-85 type A/FR are also acceptable. Any helmet must be fit properly and be in good condition. DOT helmets that do not meet the more stringent regulations are not permitted. Club loaner helmets are available for those who do not have approved helmets.
Car preparation:
Check that all your lug nuts (wheel bolts) are there and torque them to your owner’s manual specifications (if you have hubcaps leave them at home)
Inspect your tires. Tires must have visible tread and cannot be showing any cords.
Please don’t put on a new coat of tire shine…
Check your brake pedal pressure and brake fluid level
Clean your windows
Check your throttle return spring
Check wheel bearings
Ensure your car is not leaking excessive amounts of any fluids
Make sure your battery is secured (Bungy Cords are not acceptable)
When you get to tech, please place your registration card under your driver’s side wiper; the tech inspector will keep this card when you are completed.
If you don’t know what class you’re in, let us know before we tech your car.
If you are in the first heat, please go directly to grid after tech. You do not need to park in grid in chronological order for TSCC events.
Tech will close shortly before the mandatory drivers meeting. If you arrive late and miss tech or the drivers meeting, you will not be allowed to drive in the event.
Course Workers:
The most common work assignment, especially for novices, is course working. Course workers stand at worker stations around the course and reset cones as they get knocked over.
- You need to look down to reset the cone, but keep one eye on that car as long as it's still on-course. Never turn your back on a car!
- When you set a cone, please RUN, don't walk, and hustle back. This is for your safety, and helps the event run smoothly.
- The Radio operator at each worker station should also hold red flag - unfurled - but holding the tip to keep it from flapping in the breeze. The radio operator should be calling in downed cones, not running for them.
- If you see a dangerous situation, do no hesitate, throw a red flag and call "RED FLAG, RED FLAG" on the radio. If one red flag is thrown, all stations should throw red flags.
- No sitting or kneeling at worker stations while cars are on the course. We try to place worker stations in safe positions, but drivers can lose control in unlikely places- you need to be on your toes and ready to react at any instant.
- Cameras, cell phones and other distractions are prohibited at worker stations.
- Watch out for your fellow workers- keep them safe, too.
- Only upright cones are assessed as penalties. Lay-down pointer cones are not assessed as penalties unless struck after the finish. Cars are required to be under control after passing the finish beams; any cone struck after the finish disqualifies the run.
Radio etiquette:
TSCC assigns one experienced courseworker at each station to operate the radio and hold the red flag. The radios used by TSCC have a delay after depressing, and the first second or so gets cut off, so always pause before speaking. State "[pause] Control, this is Station [#]". After Control replies, key the button, pause, and call in your report. This etiquette is especially important for events at large venues where 2-3 cars are on course at once and multiple cone penalties are being assessed simultanously. The exception to this is a red flag, which should be called immediately. When reporting penalties, always refer to the car number, not the car description.
Entries (19)
SW
Steven Winkler
AP
Andrew Phillips
RR
Ronald Reinert
EC
Emory Campbell
HR
Hansford Ramsey II
SH
Stephanie Harless
DN
Dan Neuland
SM
Stephen Midkiff
Organizer
Tidewater Sports Car Club
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