1 PCA’s Club Racing Newsletter Volume 03.3 Sponsored by Porsche Cars North America 2 Official Publication of Club Racing of the Porsche Club of America. Editor Andrew Jones P.O. Box 990447 Redding, California 96099-0447 530Official-241 -Publication3808 of Club Racing [email protected] the Porsche Club of America. Volume 03.3 May/June 2003 CRNEditor Advertising Coordinator RalphAndy JonesWoodard 16904P.O. Box O Circle990447 Inside Omaha,Redding, Nebraska California 68135 96099 -0447 402Phone:-255 -5303805-241 -3808 4 Rules, Insurance and Mentors [email protected] Classified Advertising CRN Advertising Coordinator Classified ads are free to Club Racing members. TherePlease is direct a 60- allword advertising limit per inquiries ad. Ads to may the be subject toProgra editingm Coordinator, and abbreviation Susan per Shire. the requirements of 6 Quick and Painless “Black Flag” Stops available space. 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PORSCHE, the Porsche Crest, Come Visit Our Web Site: ArtisticCarrera, PrintingTarga and Boxster are registered trademarks http://www.pca.org/pca/clubrace/ Saltof Dr. Lake Ing. City, h.c.F. Utah Porsche AG. CopyrightPostmaster: 2000 On the Cover: SendPorsche address Club changes of America to: PCA Club Racing News The opening moments of a club race at Texas Motor Speedway. c/o PCA Executive Secretary Photo by Jack Puryear. PO Box 5900 Springfield, VA 22150 Deadline Printed By: The deadline for the next issue is: Artistic Printing Salt Lake City, Utah June 15th Copyright 2003 CRN May/June 2003 3 Porsche Club of America Rules, Insurance and Mentors by: John Crosby, Chairman PCA Club Racing It is hard to believe that it is already May and that Program" is to help ensure that each rookie candidate will we are ready to start the rules review process once again. gain the most out of his/her first P.C.A. Club Racing Seems like we just finished that. May 1st begins the time experience. Having a mentor provides each rookie period for submittal of racer suggestions for the 2004 rule candidate with someone to call on throughout the changes. Did I say 2004? That is hard to believe as well. weekend for some help or to hear some helpful words of The input from the racers will be distributed to the Club wisdom from someone who's ‘been there’. As you know, Racing Rules and Advisory Committee for their review. the pace, from the time one arrives the first evening for Suggestions must be made in writing and sending an the orientation meeting, until the last checkered flag email is by far the best way to accomplish that. An email drops, can be quite hectic. The approach that we have link has been set up on the Club Racing website to make found to be most effective is to send each rookie this process very convenient. Log on to pca.org/pca/ candidate a letter several weeks before their first race, clubrace and click on the “Rules, Licensing, & Forms” asking them to designate his or her own mentor. The button and on the rules page you will find the link to “Mentee” will approach one of the guys or gals that is Proposed 2004 Rule Changes. The submittal period will going to the same race, and ask if they would be end on July 1. The Committee will then review the interested in helping. The ideal mentor would be suggestions and formulate a list of proposed revisions someone that they know and are comfortable with. It which will be published on the website and the Club could also be someone with whom they might paddock, Racing News for racer input on September 1. The final drives a similar car, and is in the same run group. This changes to be adopted for 2004 will be published in arrangement probably happens quite often on its own. November. Your name and license number must be However, having a mentor designated ahead of time will included in order for your suggestion to be considered. certainly be helpful in getting prepared to get to the race. One of the most critical needs of the PCA Club The Mentor and Mentee names are provided to the Racing Program (which is probably taken for granted by National Steward. Additional guidance is provided to the the average racer) is that of insurance. The PCA Mentors and they will meet briefly after the first driver's Executive Council and Insurance Committee have worked meeting with the National Steward. I receive numerous diligently over the past several months in obtaining emails from our rookies after their first race and they are competitive quotes from highly rated insurance carriers in usually raving about what a great experience Club Racing order to meet Club Racing’s insurance requirements for is, often giving much credit to their Mentors. The the next year. If you happen to work in the insurance program is strictly voluntary. However if you are industry or have the need for commercial insurance, you approached to be a Mentor, by all means do your part to are surely aware of the state of the insurance business give something back. these days. If Club Racing were unable to obtain the necessary coverage, we would not have a place to play. See you at the track, There has been a change in insurance carriers for the April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004 policy year as well as a John change in the premium structure for insuring Club Races. The agency handling PCA’s insurance is Weisenberg Insurance, who also writes coverage for many other racing organizations including SCCA and BMW CCA. Despite the overall increases in cost that must be absorbed by PCA, I am pleased to report that most regions will be paying about the same amount or less than they did in the previous policy year. Only a few of the very large races will see a slight cost increase. This is even considering that the amount of motor sports liability coverage that PCA now carries has been substantially increased. Many thanks to the Executive Council and Insurance Committee for taking care of us racers. I would like to personally thank all the racers who have volunteered to be Mentors for one of our rookies. In case you are not aware, the purpose of the "Mentor 4 CRN May/June 2003 CRN May/June 2003 5 Quick and Painless “Black Flag” Stops by: Donna Amico, Chief National Scrutineer OK, everyone, let’s practice this line: “I’m sorry, I look quite familiar. By this time, obviously the scrutineer will know what I did, and I won’t do it again.” There are some think that you two have become quite friendly, and will take the perfectly nice variations on this (you can fill in what exactly it time for a nice long chat. Otherwise, remember that just about was that you just did, such as “I overcooked it and drove off), all of us are drivers as well, and are likely to have had our own but in general, some version of this is absolutely the fastest way moments doing things as dumb and dumber. If you are curious, back on the track without undue delay from the scrutineer at the my husband keeps the videotapes.