2010 DRIVER'S EDUCATION SCHEDULE

2010 will be an exciting track season for PCA Potomac! Our 2010 schedule provides many opportunities for PCA drivers to improve their skills and enjoy the company of friends at the track, including two High Performance Driving Clinics (HPDCs), our Club Race/Advanced DE at Summit Point, and a DE schedule that includes eight DE events. All Potomac track events are on weekends and the schedule includes a total of seven 3-day weekend dates! We will again be driving Summit Point Circuit, Shenandoah Circuit, Mid Ohio, Watkins Glen, and VIR!
 

Here is a summary of the highlights in the schedule.

• Potomac's traditional first DE event in mid-April at Summit Point will be deferred during 2010 so that the track can be REPAVED!  For those of you seeking an early spring event, Zone 2's 3-day DE event is March 14-16.
  
• Potomac has two Saturday HPDCs scheduled. The spring HPDC is in early April and the fall HPDC is in September. HPDC can be the single best day you'll have in your car, with emphasis on awareness and car control in a safely controlled environment and with an instructor in the car. HPDC also qualifies you to drive in Potomac DE events.
  
• Our annual trek to Mid Ohio is the second weekend of May.
  
• Our July DE event at Summit Point is a week later during 2010...and we have added Friday to this weekend for our Instructor Training program!
  
• Our August DE event at Summit Point is again scheduled for a three days. We're again planning a Porsche Fest Gala with multiple events, including Rally, Social and Autocross.
  
• Our September DE event at VIR again falls on Labor Day Weekend allowing for a less stressful trip home Sunday evening, or an opportunity to stay at VIR or the surrounding area Sunday night for a leisurely return home Monday.
  
• The three-day Club Race / Advanced DE has been extremely well received. We have again scheduled three days for the Potomac Club Race / Advanced DE in 2010.
  
• Lastly, we'll be running an invitational Instructor/Volunteer driving day on the Friday of our last SP event! SPR has long been Potomac's home track, and we're proud to wrap up our season at home!
  
• We will include skid pad instruction at many of our Summit Point Circuit events.

* Zone 2's VIR DE is scheduled for March 12-14, 2009
 ** Please note that track dates are considered firm, but are subject to change.

While the event schedule for 2010 is generally cast in stone...or maybe carbon fiber and ceramic composite material...things may change during 2011. We continue to look at moving our Mid Ohio date to later in the season, we may have an event at NJMP on either the Thunderbolt Circuit or Lightning Circuit, and we are also looking into other potentially exciting new facilities that may be built in Pennsylvania and outside of the beltway in Maryland.
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Doug Nickel
Track Coordinator
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