John D.

As most of you know, I have a real "attitude" about returning "Education" into "Driver Education". Last weeks event at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant which included the expanded Northeast Region PCA "Instructor at Large Program" was a bit of a hint at where we are headed. And for that, I'm finally ready to make the following announcement about our upcoming event at Calabogie Motorsports - as it is radically different than your "typical" Driver Education programs and frankly, maybe isn't geared for some participants (see below).

Date: August 14, 15 and 16th
Location: Calabogie Motorsports Park (Calabogie, Ontario, Canada)
Open to all drivers - limited to 65 drivers or less (fewer than 20 spots available of of today)
Open to all car types (not Porsche specific)
All PCA Driver Education requirements are in effect.

Venue and Overview. This event will have in attendance up to three Professional Coaches for the duration of the event. They have been hand selected by Lee Carpentier (Bio info: Site 1 Site 2 Site 3) and members of the NER DE Team to specifically to work with attending Solo drivers and PCA Instructors. The three day rate for Solo Students is $550 total for 3 days;

Before the event, all Solo Students will be required to set personal goals for the three day event and share those with the Pro Coaches and lead NER Instructors. In that way, we can assimilate your goals with a series of personalized in-car sessions. Too, all solo students will have a series of things to accomplish before even arriving at the track;

During the event - there will be four 30 minute "Instructed Sessions" each day where both Instructed students and solo students (with a pro coach or NER Instructor) will share the track and can work on various aspects of both the track and driver training. This session will be run at typical Yellow Run Group pace, and affords Solo drivers a slower paced opportunity to work on a one-on-one basis with someone in the "right seat";

The remaining track time during the day will be "Open Track" where Solo students can be paired with the Pro Coach or Instructor at their own driving pace - or of course, drive solo to work on their own goals. There will be at least fours hours of "Open Track" per day allocated;

There will be a MANDATORY classroom during each day during lunch, which I'm working on to be locally catered. These will be taught by the attending Pro Coaches and NER Instructors;

There will be a MANDATORY de-brief when the track goes cold at the end of the first two days (liquid refreshments will be served ). These sessions are designed to wrap up the days events and set goals for the following day;

During certain times, we will be holding a series of "On Track" driver exercises including passing skills, braking exercises, trail braking, corner entry and exit speed drills, etc.

During the event, we will also have corner "spotters" working at various times. They will share thier observations both personally and in the general classrooms.

Interested? You can register here: https://clubregistration.net/events/...cfm/event/8902



WHO THIS EVENT IS NOT FOR!
This isn't for you if you look at "open track" or "Advanced Days" as your opportunity to simply "drive the wheels off the car" without any specific goals or plan for self improvement;

This isn't for you if you think you already are at the pinnacle of your driving career and you know all there is to know;

This isn't for you if you have an attitude or believe "no one can tell me anything I don't already know"; and,

This isn't for you if you don't believe either NER Instructors or Pro Coaches can offer any insight into your driving habits.

Yes - this event is much different both in design and goals than typical DE Advanced Days or Solo Days.

Hope to see you there!

John D.