This year's seminar is open to all current GVC instructors, instructors for other BMW CCA chapters, and instructor candidates free of charge. Instructors from other recognized car clubs and commercial track-day organizations may attend (for a fee), but require permission of the GVC Chief Instructor or ITS Director (email contact info below).
Location:
Burgundy Basin Inn
1361 Marsh Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534
NOTE: Marsh Rd. bridge closure alters route to BBI. Check your GPS for suggested
detours.
Contacts:
Bill O'Neill, Chief Instructor
CI@gvc-bmwcca.org
Ken Buschner, Director and Chief Instructor
GVC Instructor Training School
ITS-CI@gvc-bmwcca.org
Agenda
8:00 Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Welcome: What’s new for 2018
9:00 Advanced Driver Aids: Instructing in semi-autonomous vehicles
9:45 Motorsport Safety Foundation: MSF Instructor Accreditation – why and how.
10:00 Break
10:15 Run Group Exercises: What are they, how do you do them, how do you teach them?
10:45 The View from the Corners: You’ll be amazed what corner worker's see and say.
11:15 Vehicle Tech Inspections: The trend toward "Clean tech", implications for Instructors
11:45 Lunch
1:00 Communicators*: New Technologies, options, costs
1:45 Driver Safety: Jay Braxton, Simpson Race Products
3:00 Wrap-up and Farewell
Specials:
Jay Braxton, representing Simpson Race Products, will be doing a presentation on the latest developments in personal safety equipment. Jay has years of experience with racing safety gear, and he's currently SRP's Stilo helmet field service representative. He has also conducted HANS and Hybrid head restraint training at the recent Performance Racing Industry show.
Jay will be bringing a selection of Simpson products, including helmets (Simpson and Stilo), HANS and “Hybrid” head and neck restraints. He will do fittings and take orders for Simpson safety products at a 20% discount for seminar attendees!
*Communicators: Joe Marko from HMS Motorsports will not be attending, but has offered to send us information and samples of HMS' TRAC-COM helmet-to-helmet intercom. Joe is offering a 20% group discount on communicator orders from seminar attendees. This is your chance to jettison your old cranky Chatterbox for a robust unit that can withstand the rigors of driving school use.
Fees:
FREE to GVC, BMW CCA, PCA, and BMW Clubs Canada instructors, as well as instructor candidates who will be taking ITS at our June driving school .
All others: $100 paid by check/money order to "Genesee Valley Chapter BMW CCA" in advance, or at the door.