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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE 2008 SEASON
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Professional
Flaggers at all events
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Metro
NY PCA has retained its premier 3-day event at Watkins Glen over an
August weekend. The first day of the event will be an Advanced Drivers day with the
subsequent 2 days (over a weekend) open to all drivers.
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Novice
day will be held on April 12th .
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On-line
event registration via the web site. Payment may be
made by check or by PayPal.
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Metro will be running the full course at Pocono
again this
year.
PURPOSE: The
mission and purpose of the Porsche Club of America-Metro NY Region’s
Driver Education Program is to provide a safe, structured and controlled
teaching environment in which participants can learn advanced car
control techniques.
The Program is designed so that participants can improve their
driving abilities and acquire a better understanding of vehicle dynamics
and driving safety.
Metro NY Region Driver Education events are not racing,
preparation for racing, nor competition of any kind.
No times or placings are recorded and no awards or prizes are
received by the participants at Metro NY Region Driver Education events.
Any conduct considered by Metro NY Region to be either unsafe or
inconsistent with the spirit or purpose of the Metro NY Region Driver
Education Program as stated herein will not be permitted.
The Metro NY Region Driver Education Program is designed to
afford participants the opportunity to experience first-hand the
capabilities of high performance automobiles in a controlled environment
and to acquire skills that will improve their driving abilities.
NEW
TO DE? On
the Club website at
www.metronypca.org, go
to the DE Activities page, select the 'Metro DE Guide' button and
download a copy of the “Metro NY PCA Drivers Ed Guide”. This
will give you plenty of information about our events.
We look forward to welcoming you to an event..
REQUIREMENTS:
Events
are open to Porsche
cars
only. Each
driver must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid drivers
license, PCA membership, a Snell Foundation 1995 or 2000 approved
helmet, metal-to-metal seat belts (identical for both passenger &
driver), and a 2.5lb fire extinguisher with metal bracket mounted to a
metal surface. Roll bars are required in Cabriolets and Boxsters.
The top of the driver’s helmet must be below a line drawn from the top
of the roll bar to the top of the windshield with the driver sitting in
a normal upright position and properly belted in. All 996 Cabriolets
must run with their tops up.
ADVANCED DAYS:
Pocono -
Advanced Driver day for Red, Black and
White Run Group Drivers
NJ Motorsports Park -
Drivers must register for and attend all three days.
Advanced Driver Days
for Red, Black and experienced White Run Group Drivers who have at least
10 Metro DE days running in White. ( Out of Region verification from DE
Chairman/Registrar REQUIRED.)
Watkins Glen -
Advanced Driver Days for Red, Black and experienced White Run Group
Drivers who have at least 10 Metro DE days running in White.
(Out of Region verification from DE Chairman/Registrar REQUIRED)
TECH
INSPECTION: Vehicles
must be tech inspected by a Metro NY Region or Zone 1 approved repair
shop prior to an event. Metro NY allows Instructors to self-tech their
own car. Metro NY requires a signed tech form to be submitted by
everyone, including Instructors, at the beginning of each event. See the
website for a list of tech inspection sites.
RESTRICTIONS:
Registration
for each event is limited. All participants are subject to the
event organization and safety rules as outlined by the event organizers.
Events are open to PORSCHE cars only with a maximum of two drivers per
car. The organizers reserve the right to refuse entry to and/or
prohibit participation of any driver.
REGISTRATION:
Please use On-line registration if possible. Click on the
"Registration" button at the top. Registration forms may be found on the web site www.metronypca.org
or in “Porsche Post”.
There are two forms: one to be used for registering for
individual events and one for registering several events at once. Please complete all details on the form – highlighting any
details that have changed since last year.
Send the complete application form together with a check, payable
to "Metro NY PCA", to the Registrar:
Metro
DE Registrar
14 Albert Street
Shoreham NY 11786
A
cut-off date is set for each event. This will be strictly enforced. The
registration must be received by the stated date. The Metro NY Region
cannot be responsible for slow delivery by the post office, so plan
ahead. Don’t be excluded because you trusted USPS to deliver
overnight.
Metro NY
uses email confirmation and reminders for DE events.
These are sent to all participants who provide an email address.
In addition, we email all Novices the Metro DE Guide and are able to
manage drivers waitlisted for events more efficiently. Not only is
it less expensive, quicker and more efficient, but also it is a lot less
work for the Registrar!
Rather
than mailing information to participants, this means that you will
receive your confirmation for the events as an email.
About a week or so before the event you will also receive a
reminder – just in case you’ve forgotten to get your Porsche tech
inspected.
You will also be informed of any changes or additions to the DE
program.
The
email addresses you provide on the DE application are used solely for
Metro NY PCA and DE related communications.
ON-LINE
REGISTRATION:
Please
ease the workload on the Registrar by using the on-line registration
facility.
It may be accessed from the DE page at the Metro web site.
On-line registration is available to drivers who have participated in
previous Metro DE events.
If you haven’t participated in a Metro event, please use a
paper application, available in the ‘Post’ and on the web site.
Pay using PayPal when you use on-line registration.
REGISTRATION FEES AND DISCOUNTS
A discount
is offered for early
registration. The event worksheet clearly
shows the cutoff date, after which the regular fees
apply. Envelopes must be postmarked by the cutoff date in order to
qualify for the discount. After the cutoff date, the
registration fee is increased by $50.
INSTRUCTOR
FEES ONLY APPLY TO VERIFIED PCA INSTRUCTORS AND MUST COMPLY WITH EARLY
REGISTRATION POSTMARK.
Late
Instructor Registrations, received after the early registration
deadline, will be charged at the instructor rate + $50.
REFUNDS:
If you need to cancel an event please inform the Registrar by mail,
phone or email. If this is
done on or prior to the registration closing date (the ‘cutoff’ date)
you are entitled to receive a full refund. No refunds will be made for
cancellations received after the cutoff date.
If you have an email address you may elect to receive your refund as a
credit which may be applied to a future Metro DE event.
You will receive an email with a reference number which you may
quote on your next application. Credits are valid for one year.
Drivers without an email address will receive a
check. Please allow several
weeks after the event to receive the check.
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