Region Update for 5/26/2020

We are going HOT!

Gear up, set up, and load up! Wheels on the track before June is out! 20-21 June at Summit Point our Track Events Program is putting on a season opener HPDE and Time Trials Weekend. Immediately followed by the Dominion Raceway Group with the premier of our DR-HPDE/TT Program 27-28 June.

Our Region's Road Racing Committee is currently working on the format for the July 25-26 RACE weekend at Summit Point. Several options and mixes of format are under consideration, but the bottom line is; have your race tires on and ready to run. It's coming!

This process has been long and difficult, it is not over yet. We still have to consider the environment in which we are operating. As such, we will be requiring some specific protection measures and steps be taken and proper PPE utilized as needed. As part of that process we will be offering guidelines and defining requirements that must be met.

Rules and directives are in a state of flux and change almost daily. We will be staying current with those adjustments. Please make every effort to understand and assist with meeting the requirements we must all live up to.

Current changes include Virginia mandate for use of masks in indoor public environments until further notice. However, at the same time, Virginia is bringing the entire state into the step one return to normal operations as we move into June. The "Stay at Home" order is being transitioned to an advisory in lieu of an order.

West Virginia is continuing progress toward returning to the next step, but limiting the maximum gatherings to 25 at the moment.

Other plans include a July 12th Road Rally event. If you have not had the pleasure or opportunity to join in on a Road Rally, this is an opportunity to "Get The Dust Off" and join in! It is a riot with a lot of great people involved.

Unfortunately, Autocross has been deferred due to facilities availability. Property assets have been placed on hold through the month of July.

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Some discussion on additional wavers; current advice is wavers presently used are adequate unless a specific requirement is established by contract facilities. Some revision to include communicable disease is under consideration, but not considered a road block at this time.

In another area, the CDC has developed some interesting news:

COVID-19 Update:

On March 12th, CDC established an update that should help considerably, but it was not published until 21 May, It states (in part) the COVID-19 is not easily spread via hard surfaces. That helps narrow the focus. 

The new coronavirus "does not spread easily" from touching surfaces or objects, according to updated wording on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) website.

This change was made on May 11 from the organization. The change, which was made during an internal review, was meant to "clarify other types of spread beyond person to person," CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund. Coronavirus spreads "very easily and sustainably between people," and that is the main route of transmission, the CDC says. However, "the virus does not spread easily in other ways." Touching surfaces or objects and then touching the mouth, nose or eyes or between animals and people are not thought to the main routes of transmission, the CDC agency.

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SCCA Guidelines are in place. Our Program leadership has established use policies and had ordered or obtained PPE assets. That leaves the State, facilities, resources, and tracks as the primary driver of any additions to our procedures. 

Masks are recommended in areas where distancing cannot be maintained, unless the facilities mandate otherwise.

Current supps. at both facilities, SPR and DR spell out requirement of mask use and PPE. Any question should be resolved on the side of safety and protection. Anyone not supporting proper protective measures will not continue to participate. 

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Wayne Armbrust
C.W. Armbrust
Chairman & Region Executive
WDCR - SCCA
Mobile: 540-539-6379
WDCR-RE@Outlook.com