I definitely have mixed feelings about the SCCA development program. For their race schools, the do very little driving instructions, and some people go to that program with no experience and expect to walk away with a license.
I can't see how any organization can let somebody on track without an instructor, but that is just because everything I've been involved in absolutely requires it. That subie driver would have been getting pulled into the pits or would have given a much faster pass signal if he had an instructor with him.
While CHIN is the most expensive offering, they really give the best amount of track time, and their instructors are some of the best that all of the other clubs have to offer. NASA also has good instructors, but not as much track time as CHIN. However, first time NASA participants can get a discount, so it ends up being well under 50% of the cost of a CHIN weekend. |