About this event
Plains, Trains, & Automobiles HPDE
RMR/PCA High Performance Driver Education Event at High Plains Raceway
Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, 2024
Get ready to embrace the cooler temps and increased engine power of Autumn in our final Driver’s Education event of 2024. Whether it’s your first time behind the wheel at an HPDE, or your next time, you’ll have a chance to celebrate the capability and fun built into our favorite cars.
Our last HPDE of 2024, Plains, Trains, & Automobiles, is on the Weekend of October 12th and 13th. We’ll be taking advantage of our beautiful fall weather to repeatedly explore the 15 turns and 2.55 miles of High Plains Raceway.
Whether you’re a first timer or veteran, our event chair, Chris Jacobson, promises plenty of excellent seat time. You can expect to leave the event with improved awareness, enhanced driving skills, new and strengthened relationships with fellow enthusiasts, and an urge to sign up for future events.
This event is an opportunity to support a very worthy charity: There With Care (https://therewithcare.org/). There With Care works with hospitals and social workers to identify and ease the stresses a family faces when their child experiences a medical crisis or critical illness. Your donation brings comfort and care to families by donating to these critical needs. You will be able to contribute to the charity during registration and, as always, there will be lunchtime charity rides on both days of the event.
Location: High Plains Raceway, 17 miles east of Byers on US-36 (Deer Trail)
Registration: Opens September 12th at 9:11am
Event Registration fees:
Either day: $250 Each Driver
Both days: $395 Each Driver
- The club will provide refreshments for Beer:30 on both Saturday and Sunday.
- Lunches for volunteers and instructors will be provided.
- Lunchtime charity drives - drive the track at highway speeds for a $20 donation to our charity
- Saturday evening group dinner available for an additional cost of $25/person. You can select this dinner option when you register
This Event will be using Deferred Billing, your credit card will not be charged until Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
Dates: Gates open by 11:30 am Thursday October 10, before the event and remain open 24hrs/day until after the event ends on Sunday (the paddock is closed Sunday night). HPR offers open lapping 1-5PM on Thursday and all day Friday. You can register for this on MotorsportReg.com. These open lapping days are a separate charge from the HPDE event.
Check-in: 7:00 AM - 7:55 AM Saturday and Sunday Please check-in before the mandatory 8:00 AM drivers' meeting.
Drivers’ meeting: Starts at 8:00 AM (each day) in the Pavilion. Green run group drivers' meeting following the all drivers' meeting, (each day) in the Classroom.
Event Chair: Chris Jacobson (adventurejacobson@gmail.com)
Lead Chief Driving Instructor: Brian Bobich (SnoBdr82@aol.com), Co-Chief Driving Instructor: Dan Hartmann (danhartmanngt4@gmail.com) They are in charge of confirmation to participate, run group assignments, instructor assignments.
Registrar: Tim Berg (tberggt3@gmail.com) The registrar will attempt to answer all other questions.
Event requirements
National PCA membership number and membership status will be verified as part of the registration process. If you do not include a valid PCA membership number (or forward a pending membership confirmation from PCA to the registrar), a $10 non-member fee will be assessed.
You must be 18 or older with a valid driver's license to participate in this event.
You are required to use a Snell-certified SA2015 or M2015 or newer helmet. You will need to wear clothing made of natural fibers such as 100% cotton. Short-sleeve shirts and shorts are now allowed. Closed toe shoes are required while driving. Helmets will be checked at Pre-Tech or Tech at the Track where you may obtain an RMR/PCA helmet sticker confirming th Snell rating. A limited number of loaner helmets and HANS devices are available.
No convertibles or open cars without roll bars, trucks, or non-Porsche SUVs.
NEW PCA RULE: If you have added a racing-type seat in order to use 5-point, 6-point or 7-point harnesses (which must be replaced every two years or every five years depending on whether they are SFI certified or FIA certified belts, respectively), you must also have and use an approved Head and Neck Restraint device. Further, if there is to be a passenger (e.g. instructor), same must be provided and used by the right-seater.
We cannot accommodate two (2) driver cars if both drivers are novice drivers and attending their first DE event. Also, three (3) driver cars are not allowed.
Attendance at RMR DEs at HPR will be limited to a total of 135 drivers per day, including up to 30 Novice and Beginner drivers depending on the number of Instructors registered. To implement this, everyone registering for the DE will be listed as ON HOLD, subject to CONFIRMATION BY THE CDIs.
Your priority in being confirmed for an event will depend on the date and time you register. When an event fills up, further priority will be given to PCA members.
Pre-tech Inspections will be held on Wednesday October 2, 2024 at the following locations, ordered from north to south:
Poudre Sports Car
5806 S College Ave
Fort Collins 80525
970-229-0990
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
John's Auto Care
1900 55th St,
Boulder, 80301
303-442-2932
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Prestige Imports
9201 West Colfax Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80215
303-238-8101
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Paul's House
6464 E Ida Ave.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SimplyEuro Auto Repair
7520 Village Square Dr.
Castle Rock, CO 80108
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Big Mission Motorsports
579 County Line Rd
Palmer Lake, CO 80133
719-375-1527
By appointment: M-F, 9-5 (anytime, up to 4 weeks before DE)
If you do not have your car pre-tech'd there will be a $50 fee for Tech at the Track.
Lodging is available in Byers at the Longhorn Budget Host Motel contact # 303-822-5205.
Lodging is available in Watkins at the Country Manor Motel. Contact # 303-261-9650
Lodging is available in Bennett at the Comfort Inn.1097 Cedar Street, Bennett, CO 80102. Contact # (303) 629-6332.
