About this event
** THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL FOR STUDENTS AND THE WAITLIST IS CLOSED **
** INSTRUCTORS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR ALL THREE DAYS **
The End O'Summer driving school is back again at New Hampshire Motor Speedway! Please join us and close out the season at our home track. In car and classroom instruction is provided. Non BMW vehicles welcome.
This school is an excellent way for students from Novice to Expert to improve their driving skills and have fun too. It will combine classroom and on-track instruction in a closely supervised and controlled environment. Students put this knowledge to use on the technically challenging 1.6 mile road course at NHMS. With our expert instructors, you will get immediate feedback as you progress through the learning process. Please review the latest Driving School Curriculum for more details.
Our events include professional flaggers, allowing you more time on the track! Another exclusive feature of the White Mountain Chapter school is the unrestricted passing areas for advanced students and instructors who have attended a passing clinic (available at most of our HPDE schools).
The BMWCCA member student registration fee for this event is $235/$435/$595 for 1/2/3 days. Students registering before August 18 will get a $35 discount! Sign up now and we'll defer charging your credit card until later. Regular registration closes September 18. We will accept registrations after September 18 but with a $35 late fee and assuming the school is not full.
Not yet a BMW or MINI owner or not yet a BMWCCA member? You are most welcome at our events. However our non-profit status with the IRS requires that all participants be club members. Join the BMWCCA first and come back here to register. As a member you'll be able to participate in our driving and social events, receive our monthly Roundel magazine and other perks. More information about joining the club is available here: http://bmwcca.org/membershipbenefits.
So that we may continue to run these events at the lowest cost possible to participants, early registration is encouraged. Registrations submitted after regular registration closes and/or less than a month before the event will cost you additional fees.
Have registration questions? Contact David or Bruce via e-mail.
School curriculum questions? Contact Mark Viola at Mark Viola.
Event requirements
Please review the following requirements and information BEFORE REGISTERING:
Driver:
- Must be 18+ yrs old
- Must show valid state or international driver's license at registration
- Must bring completed medical form to registration (see below for more information about our forms)
- Must be a current BMWCCA member (bring your current membership card)
- Must expect to sign an insurance and helmet waiver at the event
- Novices without previous on-track driving experience will be expected to attend an Advanced Driving Skills School (separate event)
Vehicle:
- Must be inspected with Technical Inspection Form completed by qualified individual within 3 weeks of event (see below for our forms)
- Brake fluid must be flushed within 90 days of event
- Will be subject to a pre-event safety check on the day of the event
- Failure to meet safety check or incomplete tech forms will disqualify students from event and forfeit entry fee
- Student vehicles must have equivalent seats and restraints for both student and instructor
- Instructor vehicles are subject to annual inspection
- NHMS limits vehicles to 99dBa from 50 feet away under acceleration; please be sure your exhaust system complies
- Convertible, removable roof, and folding roof cars (even cars with factory roll-over protection) are not permitted unless fitted with a roll bar or full roll cage meeting BMWCCA requirements. See Appendix B (paragraph 1.4) of our Operations Manual available here.
Helmets:
- Snell 2005 or newer helmet required (M or SA, 2005 or 2010) - Snell 2000 helmets no longer permitted.
- Each driver must bring their own helmet
Pricing:
Students must sign up before the dates indicated to be eligible for any discounts listed. We will defer charging your credit card until about a month before the event.
Instructors from other organizations:
- We welcome our hard working instructors at no charge. If you are certified as an instructor with other groups who provide similiar on-track instruction, but have not previously instructed with the White Mountain Chapter, please contact our instructor coordinator (Mark Viola) via email to him at Mark Viola for permission before registering for this event.
Required forms:
- Bring a Technical Inspection Form with you (instructor vehicles subject to annual inspection)
- Bring a Medical Form with you; for use by emergency personnel in the event of an accident; this form will be destroyed immediately after the event
- You will be expected to sign an insurance waiver and helmet waiver at Registration
- BMWCCA members will be asked to show a current valid membership card to confirm their eligibility for participation
- You can obtain all our forms here
Event details and other requirements:
- School hours are approximately 7:30AM to 5PM
- Food and beverages should be available at the in-field restaurant or various locations about 1 mile south of the NHMS entrance
- You are welcome to bring spectators as guests but they will be expected to sign two waivers - one with NHMS and with one the White Mountain Chapter and obtain a wristband
- No one under the age of 18 permitted "past the fence" in the pit area - minors in the paddock must be supervised at all times
- All participants are required to attend classroom sessions designed to teach vehicle dynamics and driving techniques. Failure to attend as required will result in loss of driving privileges for the rest of the weekend.
- On the morning of the event our tech crew will collect your Technical Inspection Report and perform a spot check of every vehicle. You are solely responsible for insuring that your vehicle is safe before you come to the track. Failure to present a completed form or failure to pass our spot check will disqualify you from participation in the event and your entry fee will be forfeited.
- This is not a racing school but rather a safe, high speed driving school, conducted on a race track under close supervision by experienced instructors. You will learn how to handle and control your vehicle at speeds not normally attained on public roads. This will help to prepare you for emergencies that may occur in normal driving situations. It will also allow you to explore your capabilities as a driver and those of your vehicle.
- At no time will you be pushed or encouraged to go any faster than is comfortable for you. All participants will be organized into run groups in accordance with experience, skill, and type of vehicle. Participants not "signed off" will be required to drive with an instructor on board at all times.
- Under no circumstances will timed laps be permitted! If you are seen with a stop watch at any time, you will be asked to leave and forfeit your ability to participate in this or future White Mountain Chapter Driving Schools.
- Please review the latest Driving School Curriculum before attending this driving school.
Still have registration questions? Contact David or Bruce via e-mail.
Or school curriculum questions? Contact Mark Viola at Mark Viola.
