Skip Barber Karting Shootout/Young Driver Training Programme

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MOTOR SPORT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP YOUNG DRIVER
SAFETY PROGRAMME Todd Snyder, VP of
Competition 29 July 2011
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Skip Barber Karting Shootout/Young Driver
Training Programme

• History of Skip Barber Racing School
• Goals of the Skip Barber Karting Shootout
• Addition of FIA Motorsports Safety Development
  Fund
• Americas possibilities

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History of Skip Barber Racing School

• 1960s Skip Barber competes in Formula One
• He realizes the need to teach others
  professionally similar to other top level
  sports
• 1975 started the Skip Barber Racing School with
  11 race cars. 1976 started first season of
  amateur racing with top level instructors and
  equally prepared and maintained race cars

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History of Skip Barber Racing School (cont.)

• 1980-2000 the company grows and becomes North
  Americas largest and best Racing School and
  amateur race series
• Became aware of the need to train and promote up
  and coming karters in to auto racing
• 1997 created the Skip Barber Karting Shootout

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Goals of Karting Shootout/Young Driver Programme

• Promote grass root Karters into entry level auto
  racing
• Provide a level playing field to showcase talent
• Teach skills for safe auto racing
• Teach skills that can save lives on the street

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Promote Karters

• 1. Integrated with karting organizations
  throughout North America
• Signage/Advertisement
• Contingency programs
• Scholarships/Awards

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Level playing field

• 2. Shootout is in Skip Barber owned race cars
  all identical
• Equally prepared and tested
• First experience to driving street cars and race
  cars
• Showcase talent, not karting experience

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Level playing field - Equal identical cars
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Level playing field- First experience
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Level playing field- Showcase talent
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Teach skills for safe auto racing

• 3. Instruction from National Champions and
  professional racing drivers
• Teach skills for on track driving
• Teach skills for on track safety
• Teach skills for highway/street driving
• Teach skills for highway/street safety

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Teach skills that can safe lives

• 4. Correlate racing skills to street
  safety/accident avoidance skills
• Limits of adhesion
• Skid Control
• Emergency braking
• Emergency lane change
• Situational awareness

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Teach skills that can safe lives- Skid Control
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Alliance with the FIA Institute MSSDF

• Perfect alignment
• The primary objectives of the young driver safety
  programme are to promote driver safety amongst
  young motor sport competitors, actively
  facilitate the development of young drivers from
  around the world and foster sustainable pathways
  from entry-level (grass-roots) to international
  competition.

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Alliance with the FIA Institute MSSDF (cont.)

• Expanded Programme
• 4 days vs 3 days
• Ability to do more
• Skid Control exercises and discussion
• Highway/street safety exercises and classroom
• Instruction on emergency/evasive manoeuvres
• On track safety instruction

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Emergency braking/lane change exercises
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Instruction Highway/street safety
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On track safety instruction
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Alliance with the FIA Institute MSSDF (cont.)

• Skip Barber/Mazda Ladder System

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Americas possibilities with the help of the FIA
Institute MSSDF

• Teach young drivers better street safety skills
• Teach young drivers better track safety skills
• Promote young drivers globally
• Cost offset via FIA MSSDF

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Possible Young Driver Programmes

• Create events at local kart tracks
• Create events at local race tracks
• Create events in urban areas
• (Large parking lot)
• Create a classroom/seminar/symposium event

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