PCA Golden Gate Region Ground School

About this event

Come join the Porsche Club of America, Golden Gate Region for Ground School, Friday October 9, 2009.

This ground school preceeds our Rolling Thunder Event at Infineon Raceway in the beautiful Sonoma Valley, October 10 & 11. This is a popular venue and space will be limited so sign up today! Detailed information regarding ground school requirements and track events can be found at http://www.pca-ggr.org/node/20. .

Back by popular demand the at track orientation (aka ground school) is being held on Friday night, October 9, at Infineon Raceway. Drivers will bring their pens, paper, tech forms, helmets, driving clothes and car to Infineon Raceway for a unique ground school experience. Prior to classroom instruction students will prepare their car for tech and be guided through the at track tech and registration process by PCA-GGR experienced staff of volunteers.

Ground school consists of classroom instruction and video. The purpose is to introduce you to our Driver's Ed events, and what to expect when you attend one. You will learn how we run our events, about the on-track instruction program, and what you can expect from your fellow drivers. You will also meet other club members who are starting their track career.

Tech and registration will be from 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM, class runs from 6:30 PM sharp to roughly 9:30 PM. [Attendees must be on time to receive credit for having attended the ground school]. Pizza and beverage will be served.

Where: Infineon Raceway
Highways 37 & 121
Sonoma, California 95476

Event requirements

Open to all Porsche owners interested in learning more about GGR Driver's Education/Time Trial series and competitive/performance driving. Ground School is required before participating for the first time in any GGR Driver's Education events. We encourage you to register (if registration is open) for a driving event before taking the ground school; however, you must have completed the school before the driving event takes place. Due to the popularity of our events, space for first time attendees at a driving event is limited.

Guest Driver Program/Ground School Waiver

While attending GGR Ground School is a firm requirement for drivers new to track events, it is not always practical or reasonable to require of intermediate or advanced drivers so we offer a means to have this requirement waived if certain criteria are met. In order to have your Ground School requirement waived, you must have significant, referenceable, appropriate experience with other track organizations and ideally, certain recognized competition licenses. By "significant", we mean more than a few events; by "referenceable", we mean that an official from another driving organization must be able and willing to vouch for you and by "appropriate", we mean that you must be able to function in a Driver's Education (as opposed to racing) environment where drivers are given lots of room, passing is via "point-bys", courteous driving is expected and risky behavior is shunned. If you feel you are a good candidate for this waiver, please do the following things:

· Contact us (email preferred) indicating that you intend to request a Ground School waiver. If you have a valid competition license, especially a PCA Club Racing License, POC Competition License, IMSA Competition License, (not provisional) or SCCA Racing License or are a Nationally Trained PCA Instructor, please indicate this and be prepared to provide evidence of this at or prior to registration at the track.

· Have an official(s) from the other driving organization(s) (as similar to PCA as possible) contact us (email preferred) and indicate who he/she is, what organization they represent, who you are, some indication of how long they've known your driving, and whether or not they feel you are observant of flags, obedient of club rules, a safe driver, possess a good attitude and can function in a Driver's Education environment.

A very small committee will review your case and provide an answer as to whether your Ground School requirement has been waived within a few days of receiving the supporting material.

Note: GGR reserves the right to send an instructor with a Guest Driver for a check-out ride in order to validate that this program is working properly.

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