2008   

           NEW YORK REGION SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Specialties:F&C, T&S, F/R, Registration, Pit & Paddock, Grid, Sound Control, Scrutineering

Divisions:Racing, Rally, Solo, Concours,Vintage

Directory:Regional Executive, Assistant Regional Executive, Board of Directors, Chiefs of Specialties, Membership, Divisional Director

NEWS:Everything you need to know about our region and our membership.

At any given race weekend there will be between 100 and 250 race cars at the event. With them come tow vehicles, trailers, campers, crew vehicles, and various and sundry support rigs. Somebody has got to maintain control of this mass of machinery while in the paddock (the place where they are when they are not racing) and the pit (the place where they are when they are between racing and not racing).

Paddock officials are responsible to make sure paddock traffic flows in the correct direction, that all the competitors use the proper entrances and exits from the track and pit lane, and when the many teams arrive and start setting up, that they follow the proper paddock rules of etiquette and only use their share of space.

Pit lane officials regulate the flow of traffic into and out of the pits, check racing cars when they report to the pits either for a mechanical problem or normal servicing, stand by with safety equipment, and protect the different crew members during the hectic time of pit stops. They are, in effect, the pit police.

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