It is vitally important that everyone understand the sound level restrictions we have at the Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium (PJCS) lot. As in years past, growing complaints from the surrounding neighborhood have put pressure on the club to strictly enforce sound limits. Readings will be made at all upcoming PJCS events. Those cars that are above a 95 db limit at 100 feet will be issued a warning to reduce their sound prior to the next run. If a competitor cannot create any reductions in sound level on the subsequent run, they will be black flagged for the event. Additionally, there are some less quantifiable but equally "offensive" measurements of sound - if a car is deemed to be a risk to our sound policy by three or more event officials, that car will also be black flagged.

Please make all efforts to comply with this request and if you have any doubt, err on the conservative side. "Turn downs" to the exhaust that create meaningfull reductions to overall volume levels are fine, however attempts to simply redirect exhaust away from the measuring meter or staying out of the gas when pointing at the meter are *not* acceptable solutions.

Thank you for your cooperation. Sites are very difficult to come by and anything we can do to improve our relations with the surrounding community is vastly appreciated.

The Kentucky Region Drivers' School will be held Saturday, May 31st is easily the best bang for the buck that our region has to offer in terms of seat time, instruction, and experience. This year's school will be held at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium on the Saturday prior to our regular June 1st Points Event #3. The cost for the school is $75 for KYR Members and Associate Members and $85 for non-members. Please note that this fee includes your entry fee for the following day's points event. It also includes your lunch for the day on Saturday and will net you dozens of runs - solo, with instructors riding, and with instructors driving. Basically you can cram a season's worth of seat time into one day, focusing on some of the key elements that are common to a majority of autocross courses.

Please make note of the following important registration information: There will be no online or walk-up registration for the drivers' school. In order to register you must mail a check made out to KYSCCA to the address listed below to reserve your spot. Registration for this school will be capped at 40 drivers in order to keep the student to instructor ratio ideal. A running tally of those who have been registered is being updated on the KYR website.

KYSCCA
c/o Mike Spence, Treasurer
4 Oak Tree Lane
Louisville, KY 40245-5041

PLEASE Include some contact information on the check or along with it so that we can get in touch with you in the event of any unforeseen problems or changes.

Once registered, you'll need to show up the morning of the school at Papa Johns (directions available at kyscca.com) no later than 9am. There will be a brief meeting with the instructors and event chairs to break the students down into groups - one more oriented towards beginners and one for those who have more than a season's worth of experience. Once we go over the format for the day, we will split up and each group will work with its instructors one-on-one for the majority of the morning. After lunch, the format will become more loose and the students will make more solo runs and may have the opportunity to run on the other groups' course.

All students are to provide their own vehicles for the school in ready-to-run trim. No co-driven cars will be allowed. We will be able to perform a tech inspection on cars of those who have not run with us in the past. Loaner helmets will be available, but students are encouraged to bring their own if they have one.

I will update this posting to list the instructors for the school in the coming weeks. I can assure you that they'll be familiar names and those that you'll often see at the top of our indexed results. This region has a wealth of experienced and fast drivers that are also skilled, patient teachers - this event is our opportunity to help each other improve, have fun, and get faster.

I hope to see many of you there!

Chris Granger
KYR Assistant RE

• STO will have exhibition status for the entire 2008 season on a trial basis.
• There will be trophies at events but entrants are not eligible for year-end points or year-end awards in the STO class.
• The STO PAX value will be that of A-Modified (1.00).
• Eligible cars are restricted to cars which, in original production form, were eligible for a stock class.
• Tires must have a minimum 140 tread wear rating.
• All superseding SCCA safety rules will also apply (ie.--no nitrous, securely fastened battery, properly functioning brakes, etc.).