Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club on VIR North - May 5-6, 2007

[BertNeily]

Back to Our Roots Small Bore Driving School

(3.5 Liter Displacement Limit on Student Cars)

Intermediate through Advanced Run Groups

 

One of the Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club’s most popular events has been our weekend of driving with the Vintage Sports Car Club of America. The Alfa Club is known for its trademark “laid back pasta eaters” approach to driving schools. The VSCCA drivers bring their own laid back approach to motorsports with their fleet of interesting old sports and race cars. As in past years, the two clubs share the track. The Alfa Club conducts a driving school that is interspersed with the Vintage Club’s practice, qualifying and race sessions.

This year, our driving school will accommodate intermediate (driver must have completed at least two 2-day HPDE events – inquire regarding acceptability of other related experience) and advanced run groups. Each of our run groups will get three sessions a day, twenty-five minutes each.

Last year's event marked the inception of our small-bore theme. Participants expressed great enthusiasm, so we will again limit the student groups to cars with nominal displacements at or under 3.5 liters. Although some of our best friends drive big cars with big motors, this change will keep the run groups just a bit more homogeneous, reducing speed differentials, particularly at the ends of the long straightaways. (Please note that there is no displacement limitation for instructor cars.)

For Complete event information, see the MAARC Driver Education Page

For online registration powered by MotorsportReg.com, go to their listing of Our Event

Early Registration (by April 21, 2007):

            Non-member Student                   $325

            Member Student                             $310

            (AROC, Tarheel Sports Car Club & Triangle Z Club)

Late Registration (April 22, 2007 and after):

            Non-member Student                   $345

            Member Student                             $330

            (AROC, Tarheel Sports Car Club & Triangle Z Club)

Saturday Evening Banquet (Optional): $25

Weekend Camping - Students (Optional): $20 (Instructors - Free)

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[BertNeily]

VIR has moved us from their North Course to the South Course. We (MAARC and our event partner VSCCA) did not request this change in venue. VIR told us, in effect, that we no longer had our date on the North Course, and that our choice was between the South Course and nothing. After some discussion, we’ve decided to go forward with a South Course event (remaining on the May 5-6 weekend).

While we would have preferred to hold the North Course event as it was announced, there are some advantages to using the South Course. The main one is that we will now purchase two-thirds of the track time instead of half. (VSCCA will still join us, but will only take one-third of the track time.) This will allow us to offer a Novice (including beginners) group, which allows us to accommodate a wider range of drivers while keeping the run groups a bit more homogeneous. From our first driving schools, the Alfa club has tried to offer driving events that are good for beginners, so this lets us maintain that tradition. Also, many of our regulars drove the Full Course this past weekend and will drive the North Course in April with THSCC/TZC, so South Course offers some additional variety. The final benefit is a $25 reduction in student registration fees due to the reduced cost of South Course versus North Course (current event registrants will receive $25 refunds). All that said, we regret having to make this change and we apologize for not being able to deliver the product that we had offered.

Our new pricing (for registration by 4/21) is:
$300 for Non-member Students
$285 for Member Students (Members of AROC, THSCC, TZC & 02 Group).
Add $20 after 4/21.

Register online at http://www.motorsportreg.com/calenda...7A2CBC44885489

We hope that many of you will decide to join us and the VSCCA on the South Course for a reprise of last year’s acclaimed Small-Bore event. And again, we apologize for this change.

Bert Neily
Track Committee
Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Club