A Racing Video, Why there are rules Options

[KenH]

This is for those who:

1. Do not have time to go to Ground School
2. Think the Rules of racing should be ignored
3. Think the are to many rules
4. Think a "steet car" is good enough
5. Wonder why they need to have a few sessions with an instructor
6. Why extra safety equipment is required

The drivers in this video are VERY experienced - what if it had been you???

http://www.porscheracingclub.com/phpBBS2/v...php?p=2193#2193

Ken

[DanT]

None of those things would have really changed the outcome of this.

Ken's point (mine) is there have been some on this board suggesting that ground schools are a waste, and a street car is just fine on the track, not to mention, driver's suits and gloves.

The point is that stuff happens and anyone wanting to go on the track should take every opportunity to get themselves ready.

some on this board have suggested that GGRs requirements of ground schools and safety equipment is too much for a weekend on the track...not to mention they are too good for our licensing procedures....(two events with instruction)

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[nebreitling]

None of those things would have really changed the outcome of this.

Ken's point (mine) is there have been some on this board suggesting that ground schools are a waste, and a street car is just fine on the track, not to mention, driver's suits and gloves.

The point is that stuff happens and anyone wanting to go on the track should take every opportunity to get themselves ready.

some on this board have suggested that GGRs requirements of ground schools and safety equipment is too much for a weekend on the track...not to mention they are too good for our licensing procedures....(two events with instruction)

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oh. well, GGR is not the only group to do things safely -- although they seem one of the most professional, and certainly one of the safer.

Chris: the HANS device is a Head And Neck device designed to restrain the helmet/head, thus preventing basal skull fracture (common in car wrecks -- especially when the driver is well-restrained). The device is mandated in much of professional racing, and becoming very popular in the amateur ranks. It's saved a lot of lives in the past few years.