PCA medical committee revoked my race license
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What you see in PCA at the regional, zone, and national levels is typical of these types of social clubs. It's not a result of the particular people in various leadership positions, nor is it a result of a culture unique to PCA. You can swap out all of those people with people who you think are better, but eventually the social dynamics will be the same. So there's no "cause" here worth fighting for.
If someone wants to enjoy their PCA experience, try to get along with people, try to avoid interacting with disagreeable people, and don't overreact every time someone is mean to you. And if you're asked to provide CPAP data by a medical committee, for the purpose of medical clearance in order to renew your racing license, give them the data.
If someone wants to enjoy their PCA experience, try to get along with people, try to avoid interacting with disagreeable people, and don't overreact every time someone is mean to you. And if you're asked to provide CPAP data by a medical committee, for the purpose of medical clearance in order to renew your racing license, give them the data.
I also know that I’m in the minority with that mindset.
Maybe I just don’t want to live a cynical life.
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What you see in PCA at the regional, zone, and national levels is typical of these types of social clubs. It's not a result of the particular people in various leadership positions, nor is it a result of a culture unique to PCA. You can swap out all of those people with people who you think are better, but eventually the social dynamics will be the same. So there's no "cause" here worth fighting for.
If someone wants to enjoy their PCA experience, try to get along with people, try to avoid interacting with disagreeable people, and don't overreact every time someone is mean to you. And if you're asked to provide CPAP data by a medical committee, for the purpose of medical clearance in order to renew your racing license, give them the data.
If someone wants to enjoy their PCA experience, try to get along with people, try to avoid interacting with disagreeable people, and don't overreact every time someone is mean to you. And if you're asked to provide CPAP data by a medical committee, for the purpose of medical clearance in order to renew your racing license, give them the data.
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Any takers?
Ideally, everybody shakes hands and Todd gets his license back, and he races with PCA forever going forward, and this thread never gets brought up again. Ideally.
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I’m gonna step out on a limb here and say that Todd is going to apply for his license and he’s going to get it. Then he’s going to rip it in half right in front of them and never race with PCA again.
Any takers?
Ideally, everybody shakes hands and Todd gets his license back, and he races with PCA forever going forward, and this thread never gets brought up again. Ideally.
Any takers?
Ideally, everybody shakes hands and Todd gets his license back, and he races with PCA forever going forward, and this thread never gets brought up again. Ideally.
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My take... Not that it matters... I like racing. I like the paperwork process only slightly more than I do the dentist. I really don't like when someone asks about my medical information, unless i"m putting it out there for the world. But, I like racing alot more than I hate "compliance" with minutia. I would have bitched and complained to PCA CR about it, and not taken it to the public. I'd have done that or been done with PCA (and I've done this before) and gone elsewhere to fulfill my car needs.
PCA (Not CR so much) has a cliquish vibe and you're either in or you're a paying customer that I feel they don't care about. You can complain to them about whatever the issue is, and they will hide behind "liability insurance" or "safety standards" or some other excuse to get you to go away. My stance has and always will be "Vote with your wallet" and "Go where you are celebrated". If I don't feel my participation is welcome I will happily go to a space/place with people who enjoy my brand of tea. Maybe LV will take this approach.
I love the brand, the culture and the "vibe" of Porsche and the older, the better. I'm not interested in jumping through hoops for the sake of "That's how we've always done it". But I'm also not interested in making a stand and being made an example of for something that could easily have been avoided, although clearly questionable as to "Why" they need the data. I have atleast one friend who can't race with NASA for similar reasons. They demanded something from his cardiologist, he gave it, they asked for something more detailed and he said "no." He hasn't raced with NASA in over a decade over something he could have provided, but chose not to on principle. Where do most of his friends race? PCA and NASA. Go figure.
LV go where you are celebrated and never look back.
Mike
PCA (Not CR so much) has a cliquish vibe and you're either in or you're a paying customer that I feel they don't care about. You can complain to them about whatever the issue is, and they will hide behind "liability insurance" or "safety standards" or some other excuse to get you to go away. My stance has and always will be "Vote with your wallet" and "Go where you are celebrated". If I don't feel my participation is welcome I will happily go to a space/place with people who enjoy my brand of tea. Maybe LV will take this approach.
I love the brand, the culture and the "vibe" of Porsche and the older, the better. I'm not interested in jumping through hoops for the sake of "That's how we've always done it". But I'm also not interested in making a stand and being made an example of for something that could easily have been avoided, although clearly questionable as to "Why" they need the data. I have atleast one friend who can't race with NASA for similar reasons. They demanded something from his cardiologist, he gave it, they asked for something more detailed and he said "no." He hasn't raced with NASA in over a decade over something he could have provided, but chose not to on principle. Where do most of his friends race? PCA and NASA. Go figure.
LV go where you are celebrated and never look back.
Mike
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Some clubs designate an "X" on some driver's cars. Maybe Todd comes back and has to wear an "X". He will be known as Racer X mysterious racer championing good against evil, protecting others against snake oiler and captain terror who would do harm to others on track.
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Some clubs designate an "X" on some driver's cars. Maybe Todd comes back and has to wear an "X". He will be known as Racer X mysterious racer championing good against evil, protecting others against snake oiler and captain terror who would do harm to others on track.
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They put an X on my car when I first started racing. I always thought it was for another reason, but perhaps it was a sign of oppression.
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That being said, props to *****.
Thats freakin hilarious….
Todd, I was actually thinking of you when I got my chicken fingers at Lime Rock today. Not sure why…
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