Nov 2014 NCC HPDE - Jefferson Circuit (Expanded), Summit Point

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The November 7 - 9, 2014 Summit Point Jefferson Circuit HPDE is only $380 for both days!

New Students - Get a $25 discount for each day you drive in 2014.

Current Students - Bring a friend, get $25 towards your next school.

The National Capital Chapter (NCC) operates several High Performance Driving Events (HPDE) each year at Summit Point Raceway. The methods of instruction and the target audience for these schools share a common goal of giving you the opportunity to develop and improve your skills as a driver and to strengthen your knowledge of your car's abilities so that you will be prepared for any situation you may encounter on the highway.

Our HPDEs are not racing schools. Our focus is on skills, not speed, and our overriding concern is with your safety and that of your car. We select our school instructors very carefully, not simply for their technical knowledge and accomplishments as drivers, but also for their abilities to impart that knowledge to their students in a clear, concise, and professional manner.

Your BMW is an amazingly capable car. At a National Capital Chapter HPDE, you will be able to realize your car's capabilities, learn the limits of those capabilities under controlled conditions and practice the skills needed to control your car safely within those limits.

High Performance Driving Events
The primary goal of these schools is to develop and hone your car-control skills. It is not to drive fast, although speed will come with improving skills. We seek to produce not necessarily the fastest, but the most proficient drivers possible.

Each HPDE consists of driving sessions on the track and at the skidpad, as well as classroom sessions. During your on-track sessions, you will be driving the full track at progressively higher speeds throughout the school. An in-car instructor will work with you to help you improve your driving mechanics. Braking, cornering and accelerating techniques are refined continuously during your on-track sessions.

Skidpad sessions will allow you to begin to master the skill of controlling your car at the limits of adhesion. You will learn how to control understeer (when your front tires lose adhesion) and oversteer (when your rear tires lose adhesion.) The skills learned here will not only be invaluable on the track, they may well save your car - and your life - on the highway.

Classroom sessions present the underlying mechanics of your car's behavior and how your inputs as a driver affect it. We present basic driving theory, the physics of car behavior (i.e., the "why it works" of driving) and discussions of the techniques of advanced car control.

No single drivers' school will ever convey all there is to learn about driving. In this sense, our HPDEs are part of a continuous learning environment, one that requires several years of attendance at dozens of schools before proficiency is attained. Even at that, there is always something more to learn, something additional on which to work. Acquiring driving skills is a process that is never completed.

About Our Instructors
Our instructors come from two basic driving backgrounds: accomplished HPDE students and successful amateur (e.g., SCCA) racers. Regardless of their backgrounds, our instructors conform to a uniformly high standard of competence, professionalism and enthusiasm for teaching.

Candidates selected from our student roster have a documented record of achievement. Candidates applying from a racing background must have comparable skills and experience. We note that the requirements for a successful racer and those for a successful instructor are not necessarily the same, as the sole ability to drive fast is about the most minor qualification we seek in an instructor. Therefore, as part of the qualification process, we apply a series of student instruction simulations (using our instructors as the "students") to ensure that the candidate understands not only how to drive, but how to teach as well. We also ensure that candidates display impeccable attitude and driving etiquette and are successful in making the transition from "race-mode" to "school-mode."

Our current instructors' driving experience ranges from five years to twenty-five years. Our "average" instructor has been driving on the track for 11.5 years and has been instructing for 6 years. We draw our instructors from twelve BMW CCA chapters, the SCCA, PCA, and other marque clubs. We select our instructors very carefully to ensure that every student receives the best possible instruction from the safest, most professional and most knowledgeable people we can find. We are very proud of our instructor corps and we trust that you will share that pride.

REGISTRATION

[pseto]

Come join us at our last HPDE of 2014! With added instructor capacity, we now have a few more spots (less than 5) remaining for our 2 day track weekend.

Please sign up ASAP and be one of the first to drive the newly expanded Jefferson circuit at Summit Point. The new 1.7 mile layout features more challenging turns, elevation changes, and a dedicated skid pad. Should be an awesome time!

[Racer-X]

The new student discount is for a Year correct?

[pseto]

Originally Posted by Racer-X

The new student discount is for a Year correct?

New student discount is an immediate discount upon registering for each day

[JYTsky]

im going.. anyone wanna go together?

[Racer-X]

I understand that part. But does that discount last one year on all HPDE events you sign up for?

Originally Posted by pseto

New student discount is an immediate discount upon registering for each day

[Racer-X]

New Students - Get a $25 discount for each day you drive in 2014.

I'm not getting the discount is why I ask. I did summit main earlier this year as a new student. Got the discount then, but not this time when I signed up for the Jefferson.

[pseto]

Originally Posted by Racer-X

New Students - Get a $25 discount for each day you drive in 2014.

I'm not getting the discount is why I ask. I did summit main earlier this year as a new student. Got the discount then, but not this time when I signed up for the Jefferson.

I assume you answered your own question? Since you got the discount earlier, you're no longer a new student so it wouldn't apply any more. However, if you bring a friend, then you can use that credit on your next HPDE

[Racer-X]

Originally Posted by pseto

I assume you answered your own question? Since you got the discount earlier, you're no longer a new student so it wouldn't apply any more. However, if you bring a friend, then you can use that credit on your next HPDE

Yes and no? I was new this may at summit main... As it reads I'd assume a discount for the remainder of 2014?

Thanks

[Racer-X]

I wanted to add, GREAT event put on by the National Chapter.

[pseto]

Originally Posted by Racer-X

Yes and no? I was new this may at summit main... As it reads I'd assume a discount for the remainder of 2014?

Thanks

The New Student discount is only good for your first HPDE, since you're no longer considered a 'newbie'.

Any unused Refer-A-Friend discount may roll over to the first HPDE in 2015, but you'll need to check with our registrar (registrar@nccbmwcca.org) to look into your specific situation.

Originally Posted by Racer-X

I wanted to add, GREAT event put on by the National Chapter.

Glad you had a great time. I hope you join us for 2015

[emthree4me]

Originally Posted by pseto

The November 7 - 9, 2014 Summit Point Jefferson Circuit HPDE is only $380 for both days!

New Students - Get a $25 discount for each day you drive in 2014.

Current Students - Bring a friend, get $25 towards your next school.

Do they provide the cars... or we trash our own.

[pseto]

Originally Posted by emthree4me

Do they provide the cars... or we trash our own.

You drive your own car

[Articsilber323]

i missed this one but want to do the next cant wait

[emthree4me]

Originally Posted by pseto

You drive your own car

[pseto]

Originally Posted by emthree4me

You don't want to drive your own car? The only way to find out how your car handles is to track it. These cars aren't garage queens For less than $200/day, you get excellent instruction and plenty of seat time.

You can go to the BMW Performance Center in Spartanburg and use their cars. A very fun time, but cost significantly more.

[Articsilber323]

when will be the next one

[pseto]

Originally Posted by Articsilber323

when will be the next one

We haven't announced our 2015 dates yet, but it'll be sometime in the Spring (probably April).

[DC_Monstars]

Do we get to see our "report card" from our instructors?

[///Mvy]

I'm in for this next year!

[pseto]

Originally Posted by DC_Monstars

Do we get to see our "report card" from our instructors?

Check your motorsportreg account and there maybe some instructor feedback.

[WarrantyTracker]

Originally Posted by DC_Monstars

Do we get to see our "report card" from our instructors?

A NCC club instructor told me that the club retains instructor scores and narrative feedback on each student, and that weighted average scores from the student's last three NCC-run HPDE weekends can be obtained by the student upon request to the Chief Instructor.