I am curious how many students are currently signed up for the driver training coming up this month?
And has the banning of race cars had any affect on the number of participates? Has anyone tracked this or considered doing so?

At the last SCCBC club meeting I attended in Nov 2014, myself and a few others were opposed to this decision.

I know it has been discussed for a long time, but I think it is the wrong direction to go.

If our clubs constitution states

" 2. The objects of the Society are: to promote and encourage and support
motor sport within the Province of British Columbia. "

then why on earth would we do something like ban race cars from driver training?

I have seen many people, including myself, take driver training with a race car. Either rented it, or used their own. And then many people have gone on to race with SCCBC afterwards. Myself and many other only own a pickup truck and a racecar. Most wives ( husbands ), friends, etc are not to keen on allowing someone to use their car for such an activity as driver training.

Our sister clubs to the South, ICSCC, still allow them...


Cascade Sports Car Club - Driver Education
Friday, Mar 13 — Saturday, Mar 14, 2015
Portland Int'l Raceway, Portland, OR
Registration ends in 3 hours on March 12, 2015 11:59 PM PDT



Cascade Sports Car Club

Miller-Kersting Memorial Driver Training ~~~~~~~

School or High Performance Driving Event

@ Portland Int’l Raceway



Bring your street or race-prepared car to our ICSCC-approved driving event. It is fundamental for those interested in racing, yet also fun education for those who want to learn more about car control on the street or just practice their skills.

The ridge....

Requirements for Cars:

    Sound Mechanical condition.
    Fluids filled - oil, water, transmission.
    Good belts, hoses and BRAKES.
    3/32" minimum tire tread depth or race tires in good condition.
    Clean, inside and out, including engine compartment.
    All loose items removed. Spare tire, jack, battery secured.
    Open top and convertible cars MUST have a properly installed roll bar as a minimum. The top of the main hoop must be at least 2" above the driver's helmet when in a normal seated position. Factory pop-up rolllover protection is NOT acceptable and there will be no exceptions.
    Glass headlights taped to prevent possible breakage.
    Two seats with working seat belts.

I also feel that several club members renting out cars in the past, are now losing out as are the potential rental clients and future racers that they would have attracted to our club.

The explanation for doing this was pretty week in my opinion. Difficulty in getting in and out of the cars?

Hopefully this decision does not cost the club too much money, but I guess we may never know how to measure the loss of future racers.

This should be reviewed after 2015.

And wire, don't forget the wire
I argued against this stupid rule for years (and won). We have always been able to decide which cars are useable for training and which aren't. Once again apparently we have become incapable of making reasonable decisions or just too lazy!
We have sadly become the Sedan Club of BC!
Interesting to note that since I took the roll cage OUT of my CRX 'race car' it can still be used !

I've been watching Driver Training longer than most of you have been alive and I would say I agree with Dave. That'll probably get me in trouble as well, but so what. I took Driver Training in about 1968 at Westwood in my street Volvo and loved it. I didn't have to spend a lot of time massaging the race car and alI still think that stuff. Unfortuantely, since I don't have good depth perception, I couldn't advance beyond that. But,

Keith Robinson wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2015 at 11:45am:


But look how that turned out