PCA NER 2024 Autocross School
Event Requirements
Registration closed May 1, 2024 4:59 PM at 2024-05-01T13:59:00-0700 Registration ends May 1, 2024 4:59 PM at 2024-05-01T13:59:00-0700 Registration opens March 16, 2024 12:00 AM at 2024-03-15T21:00:00-0700 Registration runs from March 16, 2024 12:00 AM to May 1, 2024 4:59 PM
NER's Autocross School is only for novice drivers who are new to autocross or have previously attended fewer than 5 autocross events including autocross schools and races with any other clubs
Important Event Requirements:
- Helmets with a Snell 2010 or later sticker are required. Snell types M (motorcycling), K (kart racing), and SA (competitive auto sports) are all acceptable. Helmets certified by the FIA are also permitted. We have about 7 loaner helmets if you need one – various sizes – first come, first served.
- Noise Restrictions - For 2024, the Devens site has set much stricter sound restrictions. During the event, we will be testing cars will sound meters. Noise must never exceed 87 decibels (db) from a distance of 75 feet and must not exceed 8 db over the ambient noise level as measured at a designated location. Please think twice before bringing a car with a very loud exhaust. If your car exceeds the noise limits, we can’t allow you to drive it at the event.
- Minimum age 16 with a valid driver's license (not a permit) and parental consent and one parent attending event, 18 years of age otherwise.(see below for forms)
- Your car must be able to pass a technical inspection, which includes tires with visible tread, secure lug nuts and operable seat belts (factory installed belts are a minimum). No other special equipment is required.
- Roll bars or factory rollover devices, such as the roll hoops in Boxsters, are required for all open cars using race compound tires and swing axle automobiles (e.g. 356).
Again this year 16 and 17 year-old children can participate in autocross events (must have full license, not a permit). To be eligible, permission forms, which can be found on the PCA website, must be obtained and signed by the entrant's parents. If you have questions about the forms, email the registrar, Alan Davis at autocrossreg@porschenet.com.
Car Numbers: MotorsportReg will automatically assign a number for your car during registration (unless you are already in the system). If you have questions about car numbers, email the registrar.
Day of Event:
7:30 AM - Students must be on site no later than 8:30 AM. (Instructors arrive by 7:00)
8:00 AM - Prep your car: Remove all loose items, apply car numbers on both sides with masking tape, and get in line for the tech inspection.
9:00 AM - The introductory “Chalk talk”
9:30 AM -The morning exercises - A slalom course and an offset clamshell course
Lunch – Pizza, sodas, water.
After Lunch - The afternoon session full autocross course with the option of letting your instructor drive to show you the proper line through the course.
