About this event
Porsche Club of America – San Diego Region welcomes you!
Join us as we head back to Southern California's newest track for the final of three weekends in 2014: Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26. And for the first time ever, those registering during the early registration period (up to October 10) will cast their vote to decide on which direction we will run for the weekend (you may view the results of the vote to date by viewing the current entry list or see the SDR forum)!!! UPDATE: Voting is now closed and based upon the results this event will run CLOCKWISE.
Please be sure to carefully read everything on both this page and the next before signing up so that you aren't shut out! This event features both a Driver's Ed (DE) and a Time Trial (TT), with separate run groups for each event and differing entrant requirements (DE events have no driving prerequisites; see Prior Experience section on the following page). Time Trials, which have driving prerequisites, work like a Driver's Ed event during practice, but feature Transponder timing during all sessions with times posted online immediately thereafter as well as in the Club's permanent record database after the event (no timing for DE run groups though in-car timers are currently permitted except for novices). All those signing up for the event at this point are currently being Waitlisted pending a cancellation. If you are interested in participating, indicate your interest by singing up ASAP. You will not be charged anything at the time, or ever, unless you are offered a spot. Run groups are allocated based upon supply and demand. Student spaces are allocated first come, first served, but with 2 day Students taking priority over 1 day Students. If you sign up and a spot does not become available for you, you will not be charged. Thus, if you are interested in participating as a novice DE Student, indicate your interest by signing up ASAP.
You may sign up for any one or both days. The base price for this event (assumes early registration, no need to rent anything, etc.) is $270 for the weekend. Track time per entrant is expected to be approximately 3 hours, and traffic is anticipated to be low so everyone should be able to get tons of flying laps. Our $/hour ratio is among the lowest of any group, especially when you factor in the quality aspect. See the Payment section below for more info.
To register we require that you join the PCA - San Diego group here on MotorsportReg.com (note: this just means adding PCA - San Diego to your list of Clubs on MotorsportReg; it does not make you a member of PCA). Regardless of which region of PCA you belong to or if you don't belong to PCA at all, you must join the SDR group on this web site (again, doing so will not make you a member of PCA). This will be done as a step in the registration process. Non-Porsches that meet our rules are welcome!!!
New Feature! You may now sign up for our mobile phone timing notification system as part of your registration for this event. Look for the appropriate check box on the registration page and click it to expand that section of the form in order to fill in your preferences. For more info on our online system, click the thumbnail to the immediate right.
Event Hotel: Best Western Date Tree Hotel, 81909 Indio Boulevard, Indio, CA 92201, (760) 347-3421. $74.99 per night, single or double. Ask for the lower of the Chuckwalla rate or the best available, in case they have a better offer at the time you call. It is suggested that you call directly rather than using the travelnow.com links to the right in order to get the best rate.
Camping at the Track: You may camp at the track. Please phone Chuckwalla Valley Raceway to make arrangements. There may be fees payable to the track in order to camp.
Late Registration: You must register with credit card on file by 11:59 pm October 10 to receive the discounted online rate; after that a $50 late fee applies through October 19. Online registration closes at 11:59 pm October 19, after which even higher on-site registration fees apply.
Payment: You MUST use a credit card to pay if registering online, VISA, MasterCard, or Discover only. For complete event pricing details proceed with registration steps. You will have a chance to confirm (or abort) after you make your selections. Card billed AFTER the event.
Cancellation Fee: There are potential fees associated with cancelling after various dates. Please see the full cancellation policy at the bottom of the next page.
If you have a question about this event, please contact the Registrar at: preregAway@pcasdr.org.
Event requirements
NOTE: If you have a Porsche, before continuing on to register you MUST first enter your car on the Zone 8 car classification website to determine your 2014 car class.
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 Solo Permit (or approved equivalent) must have completed at least 8 Autocross and/or DE and/or Driving School days or equivalent over the past 24 months. DE participants will have separate run groups from Time Trial participants. Based upon past sign-ups we are likely to have only 1 DE group made up exclusively of novices. If you are not a novice and you meet the event-day requirement above but would otherwise be seeking to participate in an intermediate/advanced DE-type of event, sign up for the Time Trial instead. Competitive Timed Runs are optional within the Time Trial, though you must have an AMB Transponder on your car during practice regardless.
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 at the event hotel in Indio by 6:00 pm Friday October 24. 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 Snell 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.
TT'ers with qualifying credentials: no charge for Solo Permits in 2014!!! DE and TT Students without Zone 8 Student Log Books: please check the appropriate box to order one when you register.
You must classify your car using the 2014 Zone 8 Rules before you go on to register for this event. Fortunately there's an online tool to help you do that. Go to http://zone8.pca.org/CarClass/Default.aspx now 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 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 Performance Equipment points which are calculated as part of the online tool, though non-Porsches running in X class must use this spreadsheet to determine Performance Equipment Points: http://www.zone8.org/assets/docs/DE_TTSafetyEquipCalculator.xlsx. If you register without doing the above your registration will not be considered complete and you will be placed On Hold. If you do not complete the above until after a price increase has occurred you will be required to pay the higher price.
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 low desert, 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 current 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/2013/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AXRegForm.pdf. The tech form must have a date in the lower right corner of at least Dec '13. Please download the current form using the link above. Do not use any older form as only the most recent form will be accepted and if you bring the wrong form you will need to re-tech at the track. Better yet, use our new automated tech form printer, available after you classify your car on the Zone 8 classification site (see above paragraph). Cars inspected by shops not personally known to the Registrar are subject to random on-site re-inspection.
This is a Zone 8 event and it will run under PCA Zone 8 Driving Rules for 2014 which can be found here: http://www.zone8.org/assets/docs/2014/2014Z8Rules.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. If you know you will have a change after you sign up, it is greatly appreciated if the information can be provided to the Registrar by the Sunday prior to the event. Doing this will save you time at the track.
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. Alternatively you may borrow one from someone who is NOT participating in the event, or purchase you own. If you utilize one of these alternatives you must provide the serial number by one week prior to the event. Transponder not required for DE registrants.
