March 31.

The Washington DC Region of the SCCA is pleased to announce the opening of registration for our first Time Trials Event, a Performance Driving eXperience or PDX. Here you will learn and hone skills of high performance driving on an open track with the assistance of skilled instructors.

http://www.wdcr-scca.org/index.php?a=357



so far 19/40 have signed up and im the only mini.

 

Thanks. It sounds interesting.
I will check that out.

 

I will check it out

 

it was a lot of fun. i was the only mini there :(

 

That is a shame. I see people installing tons of performance mods on cars that never see the track. I'm at VIR 3 or 4 weekends a year. Maybe I will see one or two Minis. We do have one local Mini that makes regular appearances at every NCC driving school at SPR.

I took out my wife's Mini last year on the JC.
What a blast. Almost wanted to get one for myself.

PDX is time trails?
That's going to be risky when it comes to insurance.:impatient

 

I'm really interested in the event.
The next one will be on 6/3, are you going to the next one?

 

Weird, i never saw this.

 

What's the yellow Miata doin in the grass?

Chillin? Event co-ordinating? A little too much "whee"?

 

I thought Marshal was going to be there. He was there a couple weeks ago for a test run of the event.

Personally I'm waiting for the Car Guys event later in May. Although I need to get a couple things done before then. Mostly just general maintenance.

 

The Washington DC Region of the SCCA is pleased to announce the opening of registration for our first Performance Driving eXperience or PDX. Here you will learn and hone skills of high performance driving on an open track with the assistance of skilled instructors.
The day consists of classroom training along with four 20-minute track sessions of high performance driving on the Shenandoah circuit. The Shenandoah is quite challenging with little time to rest between turns. I found it the closest thing to a high-speed Autocross available at Summit Point Motorsports Park and truly a blast to drive. This circuit is excellent for learning high-speed driving as well as for honing your car control skills in any sort of weather.

there is no timing of laps, and there is no racing, so its an instructional event. most peoples insurance don't have a problem with this.

yeah, pretty much was there all day. i think it was on of the people in the flagging stations car.

 

SCCA should remove time trails from the program.
That is going to take a lot of explaining to an insurance company if someone needs to make a claim.
Any good instructional training is a good thing. Even if people are having fun driving fast.
They are still sharpening their skills. Get it all out on the track.

 

I was out there, too, but in my Z06, not my MCS. Blue/yellow group.

Great event. I was afraid the track would be too tight for a Z06, but the car felt right at home.

(Incidentally, the yellow Miata that is parked on the grass is probably a worker's car. It's not really in harm's way in that location.)

Thanks for posting the pics, BTW.