PCA AX School---need instructors

[Maniac Mitch]

Robin Howard, the PCA Maverick AX School Chair, put out a call on the Maverick list that they need instructors/workers for the AX school at Pennington on 4/15. If you are heavily experienced and feel you could help someone, please consider volunteering to help out please email [email protected] to get Robin. You would need to go through the Mav site--events--axschool--register and register on register.net to register as a volunteer. There are not enough workers registered for all the students that have registered...they will have to turn away some if they don't get enough. And you can guess which brands of cars will be turned away first.

Tailchaser you mentioned helping out before...hope you will respond. Jarret, if no AX event elsewhere, come make an expert out of Ryan. Ian, if still lurking on this list, you did great before. Gabby, where are you????

Even if you are not comfortable instructing, you could work a station and enjoy watching the students improve. I really enjoy the ear to ear grins as they start to understand what to do.

Email Robin above for more info. I'll be out there doing whatever necessary to see the students improve. Hope to see you there.

Maniac Mitch

[altiain]

Sorry Mitch - with a two year old, my unclaimed free time is near zero. I can't make it.

[tailchaser]

I'll try to clear up some time... it'll be tough since I'm already booked to drive on Saturday.

[jrj512]

I'll try to clear up some time... it'll be tough since I'm already booked to drive on Saturday.

That's my prob, too. It will be a long Saturday for me since my club is hosting the AX and then I will be out at MW all day Fri, Sat, and Sun the following weekend. I kind of need that Sunday off.

[cone-cerned]

I would like to volunteer, but, do I have to register for the event at $60 in order to volunteer? Then, register.net want me to register my invention for a patent.

Help me help you.

[OZMDD]

Sorry Mitch, you are one of the good ones, but when a club that makes an effort to be "exclusive" and ignore/back-burner non-P cars can't even come up with enough people to run its own school, I can't feel too bad. You should mention to club officers that the other clubs who have autox schools don't have this problem. Might be time to accept that there aren't many P-car owners out there who are willing to do more than show up and drive. At least give some free entries like BMW does. Good luck.

[Maniac Mitch]

I would like to volunteer, but, do I have to register for the event at $60 in order to volunteer? Then, register.net want me to register my invention for a patent.

Help me help you.

The $60 must be the school student entry. If you let registration.net show you all PCA Maverick events for 4/15, then you should see the volunteer registration...it is separate from the school registration. Try again, hopefully you'll find it.

For you others, I understand perfectly. This is extremely short notice. I forgot Ian has a new family...they should come first, ask my 33 year old daughter about her Daddy being gone too many Sundays.

Maniac Mitch

[bnordin]

How exclusive can it be? I'm a member. The only requirement to join is to own a Porsche. Any year, any model any price. Very nice people that love their cars.

[ken o]

BMW CCA will allow you to join even if you don't own a BMW, yet.

[POS Racing]

More useless information -> The SCCA will allow you to join even if you don't have a Porsche or a BMW.

I've been to the PCA school a couple times as a student they do a great job! Money well spent!

Plus the PCA folks have always been nice to me and I have an old Miata!

[cone-cerned]

The $60 must be the school student entry. If you let registration.net show you all PCA Maverick events for 4/15, then you should see the volunteer registration...it is separate from the school registration. Try again, hopefully you'll find it.

For you others, I understand perfectly. This is extremely short notice. I forgot Ian has a new family...they should come first, ask my 33 year old daughter about her Daddy being gone too many Sundays.

Maniac Mitch

Thanks Mitch. I got it figured out. I have registered as an instructor. See you there.

[Keifersmith]

I've been to the PCA school a couple times as a student they do a great job! Money well spent!

Plus the PCA folks have always been nice to me and I have an old Miata!

+1. I attended the PCA school a few years ago in my old beat up miata. They did a great job, everyone was super nice, and for the money I got some great instruction and a lot of seat time. I'd highly recommend it for anyone that's fairly new to AX.

[Steve E]

I attended one of their events and have to say it was the worst run event I've ever attended bar none and the folks running it were far from friendly. We left at lunch.... Maybe things have changed in the past couple of years but with so many choices why go back.

[CosmosMpower]

I've tried to help and instruct, showed up and they told me they didn't need me anymore and asked me to shag cones. Needless to say I left. I've had fun instructing BMWCCA auto-x school, Tire Rack Street Survival etc.

[cone-cerned]

I'll try it once. You don't know if you like chocolate on your peanut butter until you try it.

[TxCoyote]

There is alot of PCA trashing on this site. I have attended the school and many events and although they are a little behind the other clubs, the only criticism I think is fair is that the results are not posted timely (if at all). And they run the only Time Trials around here (other than David Whitener's impromptu extravaganza's). I rather like the people, even Maniac Mitch

[Maniac Mitch]

I've tried to help and instruct, showed up and they told me they didn't need me anymore and asked me to shag cones. Needless to say I left. I've had fun instructing BMWCCA auto-x school, Tire Rack Street Survival etc.

I believe, like any organization, they will use instructors they are familiar with. *IF* you haven't been running with them regular they don't have a clue if you will give a newbie good advice. Hopefully they'll ask me if I know you or not. Travis (daily driver Miata) knows a lot of you guys also...it's Robin, his wife running the school this time.

Shagging cones is not so bad at the school....except maybe at the slalom excercise.

Thanks for the kind words Russ!

Maniac Mitch

[CosmosMpower]

I believe, like any organization, they will use instructors they are familiar with. *IF* you haven't been running with them regular they don't have a clue if you will give a newbie good advice. Hopefully they'll ask me if I know you or not. Travis (daily driver Miata) knows a lot of you guys also...it's Robin, his wife running the school this time.

Shagging cones is not so bad at the school....except maybe at the slalom excercise.

Thanks for the kind words Russ!

Maniac Mitch

I ran with them before throughout the years a couple events a year and beat most of the P cars pretty handily in the S2000/Elise (as did many Miata drivers that post here), I don't think they appreciated that. Most the PCA instructors are slower than the students at BMW and SCCA autocross school

[Robert]

I don’t think you can really expect them to remember you if you only do a couple events a year with them.

I agree with what Russ said. I have never had any problem with any of them.

[CosmosMpower]

I don’t think you can really expect them to remember you if you only do a couple events a year with them.

I agree with what Russ said. I have never had any problem with any of them.

You're probably right but IIRC they were short on instructors similar to this year and after volunteering they said come on out and then told me they didn't need me to instruct but rather shag cones all day after I drove out there. No big deal, years ago but like Steve E said, why go back with all the club options in DFW, kind of ironic since I own a Porsche now.