DE: UPDATE

Progress has been made with more fun in the future. Here’s a short update:

By Mark Johnson, DE Manager

• Basic DE training has been completed with DE101 Intro to DE, over 70 members attended.

• We are currently working through the DE102 Car Inspection at Parkhaus1 and Foreign Affairs

• The DE103 “Track Prep” will be scheduled for late March. And then…

• DE201, a classroom course will be designed to discuss actual driving on a racetrack. Look for this class in the AprilMay timeframe.

As for the track, we have dates from Homestead Motor Speedway, however we have not quite yet signed contracts or placed a deposit for these days. We are reviewing the contracts and preparing a DE Budget for these individual one-day track events.

Finally, it’s time to move forward with our personnel needs – people are the key to the success! We need:

• Chief Track Instructor (CTI) – this person is the senior track official for the DE. Volunteers (if you have the experience) and recommendations are requested for this important position.

• DE Registrar – this person coordinates and validates DE Driver capability, coordinates with the CTI and instructors regarding experience level and driver run group assignment.

• Technical Inspector – this person handles the “at-track” car inspection prior to allowing a driver/car on the track for a DE

• INSTRUCTORS – We can have drivers and a track, but without instructors, we can’t develop novice or intermediate drivers. We expect to need 40+ instructors for the novices we hope to attract.

• General administrative and set-up/tear-down personnel for the actual track day. Let’s do DE!