SCCA/Tri-Region
Performance Driving Experience
Attention Drivers:
The Tri-Region Race Group is hosting an SCCA Performance Driving Experience (PDE) on the Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18, 2005 at Pocono International Raceway.
Registration will open on March 23rd. We are limiting the total entries to 100 cars each day, and the number of Novice drivers to 25 each day. We will run a Novice and two other run groups, the number of car per run group will be based on the experience of the entries. All drivers can expect at least 2 hours of track time each day.
Watch the Tri-Region web site for entry forms and instructions. www.triregionracing.org
The Event
We will be using the Club Race Course (2.5 miles) both days. This is the same course we have used for the last two SCCA National Races. It is 2.5 mile road course, clockwise, with the natural bus stop chicane on the Longpond strait. This gives you a challenging infield road course with the Devils Bend, two high speed strait-a-ways, a bus stop chicane, with a second gear exit and one high banked turn. The two advanced run groups can expect more than two hours of track time.
Entry Fees
By April 30 / After May 1One Day / $225.00 / $250.00
Two Day / $425.00 / $450.00
Only pre-paid entries will be accepted. All spots assigned in order of payment received. When all spots are sold out, a waiting list will be started in the order additional entry payments are received. No payments will be accepted at the track. We suggest you register early because we are expecting the event to be sold out by May 1st.
Entry fee includes a Pig Roast party on Friday evening, all drivers and workers will get tickets and tickets will be on sale for guests at $20.00 each.
Overnight camping will be available at the track Friday night. There may be car Corrals depending on the interest. Cars participating in the Corrals will not be charged an entry fee and can buy tickets for the Pig Roast. Also, see lodging list for local hotels/motels.
The PDE will be open to all licensed drivers 18 years of age and over, both SCCA members and non-SCCA members. Students will use their own cars (see requirements below).
If you have any comments please e-mail us at .
Preliminary
Look for the final rules when registration opens.
PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS:
1. A driver must be 18 years of age and possess a current valid driver’s license issued by his or her state of residence. If a driver age 16 or 17 is a current SCCA licensed competition holder, he or she is eligible to drive. 16 and 17 year-old participants (non-SCCA license holders) can only ride with an SCCA driving instructor.
2. All participants, including drivers, workers, crew members and guests must sign the SCCA Release and Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk and Indemnity Agreement Form # 9716.
3. All participants (as above), if under the age of majority in the state in which the event is being conducted, must present the registrar a fully completed Minor Release and Waiver of Liability and Indemnity Agreement form at each event.
4. Any driver found to have driven on course in any vehicle before having properly completed the waiver signing process will be disqualified from the event with no refund of entry fee and will be removed from the premises.
VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS
1. Vehicles need not be street legal.
2. There will be a Vehicle Technical Inspection Form that will be required at registration.
Vehicles to be driven on course during the event may be inspected before entering the
course.
3. Required vehicle safety equipment.
a. A restraint system meeting federal standards for the year of manufacture of the vehicle in each of the front seating positions. At a minimum, a two point system must be in place. Competition type 5-point systems are highly recommended and required in cars modified for racing (e.g. Showroom Stock, Touring, and IT).
b. Suitable and safely mounted driver and passenger seats.
c. A full sized, street legal windshield.
d. Roll bars are highly recommended for all cars and required for open cars (convertibles)
e. Open cars (convertibles) must run with the soft top lowered and safely stowed
f. Targa type or T-top vehicles must either bolt the removable panels in place or remove them entirely.
g. All cars must run with both front door windows fully lowered.
h. Hub caps must be removed.
i. All loose items inside and outside of the car must be removed. Passenger seat back and cushion must be secured.
4. Any car that is judged to be in an unsafe operating condition at any time during the
event shall be prohibited from further participation until the deficiency is corrected.
DRIVER SAFETY EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
1. While on course, all participants shall wear a safety helmet meeting Snell SA -90 or Snell M- 90 or later specifications.
2. All drivers in open, Targa type, or T-top cars running with the roof panels removed must wear suitable eye protection, i.e., goggles, bubble shield, or face shield on full face helmets.
3. Suitable clothing (i.e. sleeved shirts, long pants and socks of a flame resistant material such as cotton), and shoes covering the entire foot, must be worn while on course.
The Club Race Course
The course used by the SCCA for the past two Nationals
Hotels and Motels
Pocono Mountain Lodge White Haven 570 443-8461
Hershey Pocono White Haven 800 533-3131
Holiday Inn White Haven 800 465-4328
Jack Frost Mountain White Haven 570 443-8425
Ramada Inn White Haven 570 443-8471
Comfort Inn White Haven 800 443-4049
Split Rock Lodge Lake Harmony 570 722-9111
Sportsman Blakeslee 570 646-0696
Sullivan Trail Pocono Lake 570 646-3535
Mt Pocono Mountain Lodge Mt Pocono 570 839-9407
Hill Motor Lodge Tannersville 570 629-1667
Chateau Tannersville 800 245-5900
Econo Lodge Tannersville 570 629-4100
Pocono HOJO Inn Tannersville 800 441-2193
Comfort Inn Bartonsville 800 822-3275