About this event
Porsche Club of America – Zone 8 welcomes you!
The 13th Annual California Festival of Speed comes to Auto Club Speedway April 4, 5, and 6, 2014! This registration site is for Time Trial registration only. The Time Trial features timed practice sessions on the roval all three days, with "qualifying-style" official timed runs on Sunday afternoon. There is a single base price to drive in this event ($365, plus any other fees discussed below). You may run one, two, or all three days for that price, so long as you attend the mandatory Drivers Meetings on the days you wish to drive.
This event also features a Club Race. Complete registration for the Club Race, including Time Trial Timed Runs (with no practice sessions) for Club Racers only, is at a different site: http://www.ClubRegistration.net. If you aren't sure of the difference between a Time Trial and a Club Race, please contact the Registrar prior to signing up so we can help you register for the proper event on the proper system.
To register online for the Time Trial practice sessions and Timed Runs we require that you join our group here on MotorsportReg.com. Regardless of which region of PCA you belong to or if you don't belong to PCA at all, you must join the PCA - Zone 8 CFOS group on this web site (note: this just means adding PCA - Zone 8 CFOS to your list of Clubs on MotorsportReg; it does 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!!!
TIME TRIAL REGISTRATION PRIORITY: Registrations are taken first-come, first-served. Students that require an Instructor will be Waitlisted until an Instructor becomes available for them. Drivers that wish to have an Instructor assist them are prioritized only after all Students that require an Instructor are accommodated.
Event Hotel: Our original event hotel, the Hilton Garden Inn Rancho Cucamonga, is now sold out. However, we have arranged for the same rate at the Courtyard Ontario Rancho Cucamonga (just steps away from the Hilton), 11525 Mission Vista Dr, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, (909) 481-6476. Breakfast is included at the Hilton Garden Inn for drivers staying at either hotel. Ask for the Porsche Club rate: $82 per night until March 30 or sold out. If sold out, our backup hotel (same rate) is the TownePlace Suites by Marriott, 9625 Milliken Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730, (909) 466-1100, and breakfast is included at the TownePlace. Call any hotel directly. This rate is not available on ANY website or via ANY other phone number, including the travelnow.com or Expedia links to the right.
Camping at the Track: You may camp at the track. The cost is $40 per night and covers 24 hour security/in-out privileges and restrooms with showers, as well as electrical and water hookups. Check the camping option when you register.
Parking: We are assigning parking for garages, big-rig parking and large group (>6 cars) parking. If you have one of these, let us know when you register. Garage allocations will be made in March and the rental of a single bay for 1 car for the weekend is $140. Note: If you sign up for a Garage at this point your entire registration will be Waitlisted at first. This does not mean you won't be able to participate in the event, just that one component of your registration (the Garage Rental) caused you to be Waitlisted temporarily.
Fuel: Various grades of fuel will be available at the track, some by advanced order. Look for an e-mail regarding fuel after you've registered, sometime in March.
Food: The track's concession stands will be NOT open this year. Instead, we will have a "food truck food court" throughout the weekend from morning until sometime after the track goes cold. Tickets for a separately catered BBQ dinner Saturday night are available when you register ($15).
Pets: No animals of any kind are allowed on the Speedway’s property.
Shirts: Men's and Women's Polo shirts as well as an Event commemorative T-shirt are available for purchase ($20-$45) if ordered on or before March 24.
Payment: You must use a credit card to pay and registration is exclusively online at this site. VISA, MasterCard or Discover only. For complete event pricing details proceed with registration steps. You will have a chance to confirm after you make your selections. Note that late fees apply beginning February 15 and VERY significant last minute fees apply beginning April 1. Cards charged once you have been accepted into the event and all of the items you have requested to purchase have been resolved.
If you have a question about this event, please contact the Registrar at: TTRegistrar@CalFestival.org.
Event requirements
Prior Experience: Time Trial participants without a PCA Zone 8 Solo Permit or Club Racing License (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, will be considered a Student, and will be issued a Zone 8 Student Log Book ($10). Drivers who have not driven at prior Festivals or at any prior PCA-SDR driving events please e-mail a list of your past performance driving events covering a 2 year period, with dates, type of event, and name of sponsoring organization to the Registrar at TTRegistrar@CalFestival.org. All drivers with a Zone 8 Student Log Book will be required to have an Instructor.
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. The ability for the online tool to calculate Performance Equipment points for non-Porsches is still under development. Cars running in X class may use this spreadsheet to determine Performance Equipment Points: http://www.zone8.org/assets/docs/DE_TTSafetyEquipCalculator.xlsx. Even if you had previously determined and entered your class in 2013 or earlier and have made no changes to your car you must revisit the above website and click through the edit process in order for the tool to recalculate properly. Note the resulting point totals and class and enter them when you register. 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 between March 19 and April 2 and after your last event prior to the Festival. With three days at this world-class facility, you will want to be safe and have your car make it through the long 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 your car qualifies). All entrants pre-teching must present a Festival Tech Inspection Form with name, address, phone, car, Zone 8 class, Performance Equipment points, etc. to a qualified tech inspection shop. The form can be found at: http://www.CalFestival.org. You must use the special 2014 Festival of Speed Tech Inspection Form and you must fill in all info about yourself and your car class prior to inspection. Please download the form using the link above. Do not use any other form as it will not be accepted and you will need to re-tech at the track. At the same site are instructions for having a tech fill out their portion of the form: http://www.CalFestival.org. Be sure to provide these instructions to your tech. Incorrectly filled out forms will require reinspection at the track. Once you have completed pre-tech be sure to bring the original with you to the track when you register on-site (put it in your glove box when complete so you don't forget it). 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 runs under PCA Zone 8 Driving Rules for 2014 which can be found here: http://www.zone8.org/assets/docs/2014/2014Z8Rules.pdf. The Time Trial portion of the Festival of Speed is managed by PCA San Diego Region. Click here for their 2014 schedule of events.
If there are any changes to your registration data after the online registration deadline, you need to notify the Registrar at TTRegistrar@CalFestival.org by the Tuesday prior to the event.
All entrants and guests shall be required to sign the PCA waiver upon registering at the track. You will not be admitted to the infield unless and until you and all your guests sign. You are responsible for your guests.
Transponders: An AMB Transponder is REQUIRED for this event at all times!!! If you have one, be sure you've entered the number under "My Account; Edit Vehicles". If you don't have a Transponder, they are available for rent ($45 for the weekend; limited availability) and you must have a Transponder to drive in the Time Trial. Non-renters with missing Transponder numbers will be considered incomplete registrations and will not have secured a spot in the order registered until the number has been received and acknowledged via e-mail. Enter your number now under "My Account" before you register!
Please note: By continuing on to register for this event, and by signing the event insurance waiver at the track, you are agreeing that you understand you are required to reimburse the California Festival of Speed 2014 for any physical damage to the track or its facilities caused by yourself, your crew, or your guests, and that these costs are not covered in your registration fee.
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When you click Continue below you will be taken to the actual registration page. Please be sure you have read everything above as well as on the prior page first. Please take your time when filling out the registration form. Read each question carefully, including the explanation immediately below it in order to minimize the need to contact you to correct mistakes. Festival management appreciates your help!
