Step Up – Volunteer – It’s Time for 48 Hours at Sebring Porsche Club Racing at Its Finest If you like Porsche cars, if you like being around people who like Porsche cars, if you like automobile racing and the racing folks as well, then you absolutely need to both attend and become involved with the 2022 edition of the 48 Hours at Sebring.
Side by side racing in the rain during the 2020 edition of 48 Hours at Sebring. A GT2RS and GT3Cup enter Turn 1 following the green flag at roughly 75 mph and about 18 inches apart. The 29th Annual 48 Hours at Sebring will be held February 3-6, 2022, at Sebring International Raceway, just a scant two-and-a-half-hour drive from south Florida. It is the pre-eminent Porsche Club Race and the first held each year in the country. Approximately 350 race cars, all Porsches exclusively, their drivers and their substantial support teams come to Florida in early February to enjoy the racing, atmosphere, and all Porsche has to offer on the most historic racetrack in the USA. Racing is spectacular, and the weekend offers multiple opportunities to get close to drivers, cars, and fellow Porsche enthusiasts.
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The biggest key to enjoyment of the four-day event is to be involved. Volunteer to work some, part or the full weekend. There are plenty of fun and essential jobs to help you be involved as well as bring you into the center of the activities. Saturday and Sunday are the big race days, but on Thursday and Friday there are practice sessions, qualifying sessions, and vehicle inspection. There are a myriad of volunteer opportunities. Folks can choose to work registration, “corners,” the grid, tech inspection, timing and scoring (limited people), and general or miscellaneous positions as needed by the 48 Hour Committee Member chairpersons. It is not necessary to work the same job all day, or all weekend for that matter. Give yourself the chance to learn one position in a morning and another in the afternoon. Work all day somewhere and then enjoy a second day taking in the sights and sounds of the event. Experience for most any volunteer position is not necessary; we will train you, and it will be a great experience you receive. While all volunteer positions are fun, and very helpful, the corner worker spot is probably the best if you wish to be close to the action! Each corner
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by Mark Johnson, Saff Writer on the track—and there are 17 corners at Sebring—generally has a spot for two SCCA trained corner workers. These men and women watch for everything that happens on the track to help inform and protect the drivers and their vehicles. They watch for debris on the track (oil or car parts); they spot faster drivers coming up from behind to warn the vehicle ahead; they advise of accidents or off-road travel. Through their observations they communicate with the drivers by using multiple flag signals and via radio to race control officers. In many locations they are mere feet from cars flying by at speed. It is the closest a non-driver will ever get to the track to feel the thunder and excitement of race cars. A PCA volunteer who works corners is another set of eyes for the two people working race safety from their spot along the track. Want to be right next to the action? This is your spot. Don’t forget to bring your camera for up close photography of Porsches on track, at speed, jostling for position and podium finishes.
