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He still would be except he now lives up in NWT. It's a bit of a hike for a weekend! haha If you took the school in 2023, you do not need to attend the classroom although it is always encouraged.

It is a thorough list and worth noting the fastest fields are populated with a variety of cars. Makes it more interesting! Thanks for posting this. My entry is listed as an RX8, but any times for 2023 events were set in an '07 Toyota Camry in "GT" class. My RX8 hasn't made an appearance since 2021!

I see all the laps on a single session when I click on an attendees name in the session roster. Is this what you are looking for? Clicking on Guy Dobson... Gives me this: Mr Weebly:

For that vehicle, there is a seat air bag bypass module to can install with your preferred seat choice that will allow you to keep all your safety functions operational. I suggest using a reputable manufacturer (Sparco, OMP, Corbeau etc) for the seat base that will permit the use of the OEM buckle location. Use a seat that is side mounted if you ever plan on doing anything other than track days. Buy once, cry once!

Thanks for this Gary. It's put together well. I realize after watching it that I should have been better prepared but my mind was elsewhere!

I would not say procrastination per-say. Dragging my feet...yes!

Had someone ask about the school staff update meeting. We will have the staff update meeting date finalized and will be emailed out to the registered volunteers on MSR. I suspect given the current list, we will postpone the meeting one week to WEDNESDAY APRIL 26th 2023 @ 7:00pm. I will get the zoom meeting invite sent out hopefully before end of next week. If anyone has any questions, please contact one of the school organizers! The school organizational team: Boettcher, Chris Hufgard, Roland Sharples, Jordan Wach, Darin

Just a reminder for folks looking to be apart of our instructor roster that we would like all instructors to take part in the MSF program. Let us know if you have any questions!

Thanks to everyone who has signed up! Just a reminder that we are still needing instructors and track staff for the weekend! Its going to a great event!

Hi fellow instructors! As noted in the volunteer page, all instructors are required to complete this 2h training course by Motorsport Safety Foundation for 2023. Its a ONE-TIME course to complete and is a great refresher as to how we should be mentally preparing for the school. Please take the time to complete this course in a timely manner and prior to the instructor briefing in April. ONE-TIME $50usd fee that is reimbursed by the WSCC once your completion certificate is available. New instructors are entitled to an instructor shirt. Additional shirts are available for purchase. Let us know if you have any additional questions!

We will have an Instructor Briefing ahead of the 2023 race school. Please stay tuned to this thread as I will post when that will occur. (Tentatively Wednesday April 19th 2023) Briefing will include schedule(s) and COVID protocols with respect to Lead-Follow and returning to In-Car Instruction. Remember, we need 21 instructors at a minimum!! We are on the look-out for new instructors to fill our roster! Current instructors: If you haven't already done so, please register on the volunteer registration page on MSR! If you have taken the Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 1 program, great! New for 2023: We want all instructors to have completed this program. Costs are reimbursed by the WSCC! (See more below) Potential Instructors: Interested in getting involved as an instructor? Want to learn more about what that means? Please let me know if you are thinking about becoming an instructor this season! Lets hear any questions you may have! Eligibility criteria to become an instructor is as follows: Current amateur (or higher) license holder, minimum 2 full years or 10 events of documented experience, with recent activity and the completion of the Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 1 online instructor program. Or Current, licensed Time Attack racer, minimum 2 full years or 10 events of documented experience and completion of the Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 1 online instructor program. Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 1 online instructor program has a one-time $50USD fee and takes about 2h of your time. If you are taking this program to become an instructor with WSCC, we will cover the cost of the program when you successfully complete it. Please let us know prior to taking it this program! As always, if you have any questions, please let us know!

This! Only reinvent the rubber on the wheel instead of the wheel itself. Probably the best compromise.

I tell ya, I lost like a minute of sleep over that!

The first sentence is a good take-away. If this is truly how you have felt, then we at WSCC need to do better. As far as the last point, its unfortunate that you missed a past championship between @donrolandofuriosoand @Rare Snake. They had a nail biter points race to the end of the season.

What is the ask? Are we looking to adhere to the general ideals of what we wanted our TA to be; to remain open and inclusive to all and generate a competitive environment amongst all Entrants? To create a inviting option to classed racing; a stepping stone; with the current investment placed on/in your vehicle of choice. Or, are we interested in creating or implementing a rule set that you'd have to adhere to, ultimately creating silos, for the the purposes of following western/southern direction? I think we have this in our race classes. Remember if you are set up for SCCA, you have a home somewhere in OTA that WSCC has been using. As someone who has been the face of our schools for many years, trying to grow the entrant list, I have noticed another aspect you may not see! When the disciplines are discussed at our schools, the students are far more interested in running what they already have and being included in equally with everyone else, than focus building a hot rod to a rule set, that ultimately makes people go cross-eyed and become disinterested. Once they find out that what they have is not going to be competitive, or the ability to be, you've lost them, and likely permanently. Some of the above also applies to our current TA roster. Some are excited to change to something familiar, or following structure from where they'd like to compete. Others will be lost in the endless money game, changing setups to an ever-evolving, never satisfying rule set. (AKA...road racing).

@Rare Snake There's 45 tix "sold"

There was a program to get a Chump/Lemons style race at Gimli and it never got off the ground. (Use existing race cars with teams of 4 drivers) The up-front costs for each of the teams and track operations were prohibitive at the time.

Seeing as you are in Carman, you can use Steeltree Signs in Winkler and I have used future tint on McGillivray in Winnipeg. As far as the windshield banner is concerned, check with @Mat or @Ianfromduff before you apply a decal there.

While you may have posted this thanking others, you glazed over the work you have put into this event. The tent, food, lists, paperwork etc didn't appear by themselves. Not to mention the countless emails and hours of organization that happens in the background, away from the eyes of the folks who were at the event. It can't be said enough that it takes a small army to run these events and you @donrolandofurioso need to be recognized for the work you put in to make it all happen.

We recommend against race cars for schools and they are inherently noisy and tend to have reliability issues.

Speed Factor Racing is the school sponsor and will have helmets to try on the shelf in limited quantities. Helmets are not immune to supply chain problems that plague the consumer market.

NOW CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 20th! 7:00pm to 9:00pm The instructor briefing invite will be sent out to all registered instructors off MSR. If you are track staff, you may also attend to get a feel for the schedule. If you are interested in instructing but aren't sure if you are ready to hop in the "passenger seat", this is a great opportunity to see what this is all about. As we are doing lead-follow once again, we will be following the same schedule as last year. If you have suggestions on how to improve this process, please let someone on the HPDE Team know what you have in mind, prior to the meeting so we can add it to the discussion topics. All If you have any questions or comments, please ask us!

The problem with sound walls, either physical or natural, is that the club doesn't own the facility. The club also doesn't control other user groups. I guess we will find out if this is true! I have no clue if my vehicles will pass but I'll find out! Castrol is 98db - they share the similar topography as Gimli. Airport, reasonably close vicinity to residents etc Mission is 95db To the "extreme", for normal SCCA/NASA events, Laguna is 90db. And yes, there is potential at that level for stock or showroom condition cars to pass the microphone and fail. In-fact, a list exists that shows the potential candidates that would fail off the showroom floor. But, even then, the suggestion is that they fail because of environmental conditions such as wind and clouds and not simply fail outright. At first glance, the list is mostly high power cars with OEM exhaust by-pass systems.

New, never installed Corbeau FX1-Pro Seat Specs are here: https://corbeau.com/fx1-pro/ $525 or best reasonable offer!

@Joose There is a HPDE/Test n Tune event the Friday before the race school weekend (April 29th). I have been told the sound meter will be active for folks to get a listen in on how their cars perform. That is three weeks prior to Event 1