Riesentöter Region, PCA
Driver's Education

DE Registration
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Tech Form
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Please note Registration and Tech Forms will be available nearer to the DE event.

Welcome to the Riesentöter Region's DE Information Center. If you have a Porsche and a helmet, we encourage you to experience the excitement of exploring your car's performance in a structured, track environment.

Sincerely Tom Zaffarano

Track Chairman

Driver's Education Schedule, 2007

Event (s) (Grouped by Dates)
Event Date(s)
Shenandoah Circuit

April 28 & 29
Pocono North Course (Advanced)
May 18
Pocono North Course
May 19 & 20
Jefferson Circuit
June 16 & 17
Summit Point June 18
Watkins Glen
August 3, 4 & 5
Summit Point (Thursday and Friday) Aug. 23 & 24
Pocono (MAW) South Course Sept. 21
Pocono (MAW) North Course
Sept. 22 & 23
Summit Point
Nov. 9, 10 & 11

 

Riesentöter Track Safety Advisory June 1, 2006

To All Riesentöter Driver Education Participants: This year, the RTR Exec and the members of the Driver Education Program "Track Council" have taken a hard look at our track safety program. As this is a "transition" year for track approved helmets, it seemed logical if not imperative that we address other driver/vehicle safety related issues.

As we all know by now, May 31, 2006 was the last day for use of 1995 and earlier dated helmets. Riesentöter no longer allows the use of these earlier helmets. Beginning with our upcoming Driver's Ed event at Jefferson Circuit, only Snell 2000 & 2005 SA or M certified helmets will be accepted at our events. Any driver/passenger without an RTR approved Snell 2000/2005 SA or M helmet will be denied participation at RTR track events.

Further, the RTR Exec and the Track Council have mandated that as a confirmation of recent PCA National amendments, the following requirements and/or changes will be enforced at all RTR Driver Ed events:

1) The vehicle used in the track event must be minimally equipped with a properly installed lap and shoulder restraint system (aka: three (3) point restraint).

2) Restraints and seating must be equal and similar for both the student/driver and instructor/passenger.

3) Four (4) point harnesses are not allowed under any circumstances.

4) Drivers of vehicles running in the White, Black and Red run groups are strongly encouraged to install and use five (5) or six (6) point harness restraint systems.

5) As stated by National, a properly installed 5 or 6 point harness will require several changes to the automobile to create a safe occupant restraint SYSTEM. Harnesses must include a submarine strap and be mounted in an approved manner consistent with PCA Club Racing requirements and the harness manufacturer's instructions. A seat designed to be used with a harness must be properly installed in accordance with the seat manufacturer's instructions. A seat designed for use with harnesses will have holes allowing for the correct routing of the harness, both through the back and base of the seat for the respective shoulder, lap and anti-submarine belts. Shoulder straps should be mounted at 90 degrees to the axis of the occupant's spine or at most 40 degrees down from horizontal. In most installations this will require the use of an approved "harness guide bar or harness truss". As the addition and use of a properly installed 5 or 6 point harness places the occupant in a fastened and upright position in the vehicle, a properly installed padded roll bar or roll cage is strongly encouraged to complete the SYSTEM. The use of one without the other may result in an unsafe occupant environment and is not a complete SYSTEM.

The above requirements will be checked for all RTR Driver Ed events beginning with the upcoming June 24th & 25th Driver's Ed event at Jefferson Circuit. Requirements 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be enforced for all RTR events.

Vehicles with installed 5 or 6 point harnesses are to be inspected for conformance to the above Requirement #5. The Owner/Driver of a vehicle found to have deficiencies related to the above detailed Harness System will be advised of the deficiency. Unless it is determined that "gross deficiency" exists that would compromise the safety of the driver/occupant, the vehicle will be allowed to participate in the event. However, beginning in 2007, all of the above requirements will be strictly enforced. Failure to comply will result in a denial of participation privileges.

 

 

The RTR Drivers Ed Manual

There is a lot of good stuff in this publication. If you are a first-timer, you should read this prior to your first event, as it will help to familiarize you with the RTR Driver's Education experience. It will also introduce you to the topics that will be discussed in the classroom, as well as acquainting you with Registration and Tech requirements and procedures. And I'm sure that some of our more seasoned members will find things such as the "What to Take" checklist to be quite helpful. To download a copy in PDF Format, please click here.

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Galleries

by Doug Mahoney

Watkins Glen 2005
Photo Galleries
 by Doug Mahoney
Jefferson Circuit
Shenandoah Circuit
June 25-26, 2005

Jefferson Circuit (June 25th) Page: (1) (2) (3) (4)
Shenandoah Circuit (June 26th) Page: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Shenandoah Pictures by Chris, Tom and Tony -
April 22-24, 2005

I received some pictures from the Shenandoah DE, held on April 22-24, 2005, from three of the participants. Selections from these have been made into three mini-galleries, each of which will open in a separate window:

Shenandoah by Christopher Terry

Shenandoah by Tom Zaffarano

Shenandoah by Tony Scalies

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Watkins Glen
July 30 - August 1, 2004

Saturday has group shots from either end of the front straightaway (seven pages of thumbnails). Sunday has groups coming up the S's by color group (Aproximately three thumbnail pages per color group), and general pictures around the garage and during the dinner at the Glen Club on Saurday evening.

Saturday PM
July 31st
All Groups
Page: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Sunday AM
August 1st

Red --- Black --- White --- Blue --- Green

General

Jefferson Circuit
Porsches and People
June, 2004
Singles: Single cars grouped by car color

Groups: Groups of cars coming down the track

Off Track: A lot of coming, going and doing

Passing: A few images with cars passing

Pocono - May 22, 2004

Doug's Page

Mike's Page

Track Pages

Snidely's Page

Watkins Glen, August, 2003

Galleries
(The links below will take you the 1st page of the group's gallery)

Jefferson Circuit , June 29-30, 2003
Singles Galleries
Organized by Car #
Groups Galleries
(The links below will take you the 1st page of the group's gallery)

Watkins Glen, October , 2002
Make-A-Wish Foundation Charity Event


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Note: This event raised in excess of $27,000 for the Foundation

Single Car Pictures

Page
Car Numbers
002 to 053
060 to 139
145 to 404
405 to 883

Group Pictures
Page

(1)
(2) (3)
(4) (5) (6)
(7)

Watkins Glen, August 2-4, 2002

Singles Gallery
Organized by Car #
Other Galleries
(The links below will take you the 1st page of the group's gallery)

001 - 012
013 - 030
031 - 037
040 - 050
052 - 059
061 - 074
097 - 088
092 - 132

156 - 201
210 -303
311 - 341
343 - 373
380 - 659
664 - 846
874 - 986
POCONO, May 25, 2002
Singles Gallery - Organized by Car #

2 to 17
20 to 34
40 to 50
52 to 56
59 to 71
77 to 107
120 TO 182

Other Galleries (by page)

Groups Gallery (1) (2) (3) (4)

Passing Gallery (1) (2)

Snidely's Gallery (1) (2)
Watkins Glen, August 3-5, 2001
 

(The links below will take you the 1st page of the group's gallery)

Jefferson Circuit, June 30 - July 1, 2001

POCONO, May 26, 2001
(Photographer's Comments)

WATKINS GLEN 2000, August 4 - 6, 2000

Driver's Education and PCA Race Pictures

Summit Point, June 26, 2000

Jefferson Circuit, June 24 - 25, 2000

POCONO, May 27, 2000
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