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It is time once again for the world famous FAST annual novice school! March 17, 7:30am-5:30pm at SPC.

Registration (for students) for this event will open February 1.

Who is the school for?
Anyone who wants to learn to autocross! No experience necessary.

Who is excluded?
Anyone who already knows how to autocross! If you've done more than 6 autocrosses, you're not our target audience. And if you've done more than 6, you should really consider volunteering to help work or instruct rather than enrolling as a student.

We'll need about a dozen instructors and at least 8 course workers for this event. We can't come close to paying you for your time, but we do offer volunteers event credit to show our appreciation. One credit for instructors, two credits for course workers. Oh, and you get lunch, too. You know that's a deal you can't pass up. No one wants to see us beg.

Instructor List (need 12+)

1. Jamie Sculerati - Confirmed
2. Scott Wheeler - Confirmed
3. Jim Swayne - Confirmed (partial)
4. Ron Horwitz - Confirmed
5. Howard Sharf
6. Brian Kollar - Confirmed
7. Evan Warner
8. Ed Courtemanche - Confirmed
9. Dave Balogh - Confirmed
10. Brian Heintzman - Canceled
11. Kenny Canniff
12. Doug Adams - Confirmed
13. Tim McArthur - Confirmed

Worker List (need 8+)

1. Mary Wheeler - May call out sick
2. Matt Sullivan - Confirmed
3. Joe Buckley - Confirmed
4. David Aoun - Confirmed
5. Gerry Hernandez - Confirmed
6. Anthony Briody - Confirmed
7. Mario Knis - Confirmed
8. Steve Seiter - Confirmed
9. That Guy (John Evans) - Confirmed
10. Chris Baron - Confirmed

Mary and I are in! Happy to instruct or work, Mary wants to work

BTW, we did it last year and had a blast and met a bunch of great folks. Anyone considering it should jump in,

Scott

Ron -- put me down to instruct.

By the time this comes around, I would have done more than 6 events... Should I work, then?

No, the Gymkhana doesn't really count. I say you're eligible as a "student". We can make exceptions to that rule, too. We just don't want experienced people taking up student slots that novices could really benefit from just because they want the seat time.

I'm in. I'll instruct or work. I had a great time instructing last year.

Put me down to work, since I'm going to sign my wife up for the school.

Sad I'm going to miss this years school, but I'll be at the 12hrs of Sebring!

I might as well volunteer for the 4th year as a worker.

If you need instructors I will do that, but only if you want them to learn to drive slower...

Ed (and anyone else on the fence about instructing), we're "teaching fundamentals", not "demonstrating how to be fast". As long as you know the fundamentals and are capable of observing a student and offering some good feedback, you'll be a good instructor. All they generally need is for someone to tell them what they're doing wrong and how to go about fixing it. You don't have to be "one of the fast guys" to be able to do that.

And each group will have multiple instructors, so if you run across a student that you aren't able to help for whatever reason (maybe he's so close to "right" that you can't offer any more suggestions, or so "wrong" that you don't know where to start, or just not picking up what you're laying down... whatever), one of the other instructors on your team should be able to help them.

Of course we need workers, too. It's usually harder to fill the instructor list, though.

Go for instructing Ed! It's a blast. I would love to do it again. The group I was with last year, we constantly switched who we were riding with anyway to make sure things kept moving quickly. Like Loren said, you're pretty much just watching for the basics then usually getting them to push the car further, but you may have to suggest they back off a bit. You'll do good as an instructor.

I can instruct

I will b able to make it, sign me up to instruct

Howard

I'll fill a worker spot as I'm in need of plenty instruction myself.

I can instruct again or work the course, either one is fine with me.

Please put me down for course worker, thanks.

Brian, I'll put you down as instructor for now and bump you to worker later, if we get a run on instructors.

Joe, I apologize but I can't place your last name. Could you let me know so I can put it on the list? Thanks.

BigBlue wrote:Joe, I apologize but I can't place your last name. Could you let me know so I can put it on the list? Thanks.

Buckley, if I'm matching the right driver to car.

Jamie wrote:

BigBlue wrote:Joe, I apologize but I can't place your last name. Could you let me know so I can put it on the list? Thanks.

Buckley, if I'm matching the right driver to car.

That's Joe Buckley, #72.

BigBlue wrote:Brian, I'll put you down as instructor for now and bump you to worker later, if we get a run on instructors.

Sounds good, either way it's a win win, either instruct and get 1 credit, or shag cones, get some sun and 2 credits