SCCA Solo Event #8 @ TMS Road Course - 10/17/2010
SCCA's annual event on the infield TMS Road Course is on Sunday. This is not the Bus Lot or the oval, but the road course inside of the oval.
There are some restrictions, so please read the following from the SCCA Texas Region web site carefully. More info at http://www.autocross.com/tr.
As several of you know, the TMS SCCA Solo road course event is coming up. There is a very important restriction on this event! You must have participated in at least 3 prior autocross events. The 3 prior event requirement can be satisfied by not only attendance at an SCCA autocross but also any of the other local autocross clubs.
You can find their schedules at www.dfwautocross.com
The reason for the experience restriction on the road course is for safety concerns. Not so much from a drivers perspective, but from a course workers perspective.
The road course event has historically been one of our biggest attendance draws. In years past many of the folks who attended the road course event hadn't attended any other events - ever. Because the venue is so large and spread out, the road course requires a very large number of course workers. With so many first timers in the worker pool, we weren't always able to structure the heats and work assignments so there were experienced people working all corners. This meant there were very inexperienced workers shagging cones & dodging cars, and more importantly making decisions about red flags.
We decided to enact the experience requirement as a way to minimize the risk of incurring a safety incident and protect the workers, drivers and the club.
After you register, don't be offended if one of our board members calls or emails you to verify your experience, though. If we don't recognize your name or can't find you in any recent local results, we'll be checking up to make sure you're eligible.
** One more important note about the Solo TMS road course event - This event will be ONLINE registration only! There will be NO “WALKUPS” allowed onsite!
