PCA vs SCCA, drivers ed requirements Options

[Brett W]

I know SCCA accepts PCA drivers schools as credentials for a competetion license. What does PCA require as far as car setup to go through their schools?

[machina]

Here is my experience getting a license.

First of all, driver's ed days do NOT in any way count towards any kind of SCCA license.

Second. In order to get a liscense from a school, the school has to be nationally accredited.

Third, even if you pass the school, they still have to give you a certificate of completion and a certificate of compliance. The compliance certificate is the important one. Out of 12 people in my group, everyone passed but only me and one other person got the compliance letter.

The schools are real careful about who gets the compliance letter because if they issue it and you go racing and turn out to be lets say "not qualified", they can lose their accredidation.

I only did well at the school because I had already been doing track events for 8 years prior. Was fun in the class when I said for guys in the faster ZR1's to please mind the old camaro's coming up from behind them. When I lapped them a couple times every session they began to realize what I was talking about.

Anyway if you are going to pay for a school, make sure it is nationally accredited and make sure the chief instructor know you are trying for your compliance letter.

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