DE registration will close Friday, May 9th.
Instructor Student Parings - Click Here.
2008 Drivers Ed
Driver's Education at
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
DE Guide Book - Click for help getting ready for the event!
Date: May 15th and 16th, 2008 - (Thursday & Friday)
Time: All Day
Location: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Fee: $300.00 - Garage rentals $100 a day - Contact Jake Kent for garage reservations jrkent@embarqmail.com
Please be aware that you are liable to pay for any damage you cause at the track. You may be assessed fees for oil dry, track cleanup, or other services rendered at the track associated with your insident.
Dinner this year will be at the Deer Ridge Golf Course and Conference center. Located Across the street from the head quarters hotel. ( I bet you didn't even know there was a golf course there). You enter the same drive way as you would if you were going to the Comfort Inn Splash Harbor . Just keep going up the hill to the golf course. Cost is $25 a person for a steak dinner with all the "fixins". There will be a cash bar.
Click link below to download the - Tech Med Form
On-line Registration 3-10-2008: Please register to attend the event at,
www.clubregistration.net
Registrar: Constance Carr (740) 975-6159, midohioclubrace@embarqmail.com
The Mid-Ohio Region, Porsche Club of America will host a two-day Drivers’ Education Event at Mid-Ohio
Sports Car Course on May 15 & 16, 2008. Registration and Technical Inspection will begin Wednesday night, May 14th at event headquarters. Early registration on May 14th is essential. Drivers waiting to tech and register on May 15th may encounter delays. Student drivers will be teamed-up with an MORPCA approved instructor (no other instructors or in-car observers
will be allowed). This is an excellent time to learn more about your car and enhance your driving skills. Event chairperson: Jim Mudra gridchief@aol.com / 419-565-8595
REGISTRATION (Event Check In and Tech.)
Registration opens at event headquarters (Quality Inn) at 5 p.m., Wednesday May 14th, and track site at 7:30
a.m. on Thursday, May 15th. You should make every effort to register Wednesday evening. Expect long
delays on Thursday morning. Bring to registration, your drivers license, completed tech form, and medical
form. Your tech form should have been completed and dated within two weeks of the event.
All persons must sign both the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and PCA waivers at the gate.
LODGING INFORMATION (Rooms blocked under Mid-Ohio Porsche Club.)
Quality Inn: I-71 and SR 97, 100 Comfort Plaza Bellville, OH 44813.
Telephone 419.886.7000, Fax: 419. 886.9943 .
Comfort Inn South: I-71 and SR 97, 855 Comfort Plaza, Bellville, OH 44813.
Telephone: 419.886-4000, Fax: 419.886.3818.
Additional Lodging Recommendations— Call for room rate:
Amerihost Inn: I-71 & St. Rt. 13, Exit 169. Telephone: 419.756.6670.
Mansfield Travel Lodge: Rt. 13 and Hanley Rd. Telephone: 419.756.7600.
Super 8: I-71 and SR 13. Telephone: 419.756.8875.
Hampton Inn: Rt 30 and Lexington-Springmill Road. Telephone: 419. 747.5353.
Econo Lodge: 171 & Rt. 30, Exit 176. Telephone: 419.589.3333
Super 8: 736 U.S. 250 E., Ashland, OH 44805 Telephone: 419.281.0567
CAMPING
Yogi Bear: Bellville, Ohio. Telephone: 419-886-2267.
Clearfork Marina: Near track. Telephone: 419-884-2877
Driver’s Ed - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS and INFORMATION for MORPCA DE Events
Student Groups:
Drivers’ Education sessions for this event will be scheduled using the following student groupings:
A. Touring Group. Advanced Drivers, Instructors, Candidates for Instructor, usually with
modified cars.
B. Drivers with considerable track experience
C. Student drivers with significant track experience still working on smoothness
D. Student drivers with limited track experience, novices, and students who simply want to drive in group D.
Car Occupancy: Only persons registered for the event will be permitted to drive their cars on the track.
Students may not give rides to anyone except an event instructor. Only the Event Chief Instructor may autho-
rize instructor swaps or rides by other than an assigned instructor.
Touring Group drivers must coordinate all instructor rides with the Event Chief Instructor. Event instructors shall be approved by MORPCA and assigned to students prior to the event. Only instructors on the MORPCA approved list and selected for the event are eligible for participation in the event. Separate sessions shall be available for instructor time on the track. Instructors may drive in other groups as desired, however, speed and performance shall be subdued to match the average (not the fastest) drivers and cars in that run group. The driving of student cars on the track by instructors is generally not permitted unless requested and permitted by the student for the purpose of determining problems related to car handling, stability, and mechanical. Instructors will drive student cars less than maximum for this purpose.
Helmet: Snell 2000 or newer, SA or M Snell rated helmets acceptable.
Seatbelts: Both student and instructor shall have the same restraint systems. All vehicles
must be equipped with a properly installed lap and shoulder restraint system.
Open Cars: Any make of car delivered with factory installed roll over protection meets the
minimum standards for PCA DE events. In these cars, the soft-top must be in the up position or the hard top
installed. If a car does not have factory installed roll over protection a roll bar must be installed. All roll over
protection must meet the “broomstick” rule (the driver’s helmeted head is below a bar or broomstick placed on
top of the rollbar and windshield). All targa tops must be installed. All sunroofs must be in the closed position.
The windshield is not considered to be factory roll over protection. Arm restraints are mandatory in cars without tops.
Tires: Minimum 3/32" tire depth or visible tread all the way across the tire.
Clothing: All drivers must wear long sleeved cotton shirts and pants or an approved driving
suit. Footwear must be enclosed, non-slip, with a relatively smooth sole. Hiking type deep lugged soles are not acceptable.
Drivers License: Valid driver’s license (must be shown at registration), 18 years or older.
Car Safety Inspection: The car owner must certify that the car is safe to run on the track and
that the car has been inspected by a qualified person within two weeks prior to the event. Technical inspection check list (available from the MORPCA Web Site) must be completed and submitted at registration. All vehicles must pass a technical safety inspection at registration and may be subject to further scrutiny during the event.
Registration: Drivers must complete fully and submit the registration form as well as the technical check list and medical form. Registration opens at event HQ Wednesday afternoon and will continue Thursday morning at the track.
Meetings: All drivers and instructors must attend the mandatory scheduled meetings and classroom sessions.
