Pheasant Run, St. Charles IL this summer? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Adam · 02-09-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul

You must be registered for the Parade to have a chance to autocross. Sometimes the Parade fills up and not everyone who wants to register is accepted.

Bottom line if you want to autocross apply for the Parade between 3/9 to 3/11 and include the fee for the autocross and hope for the best.

From the Parade site:

Registration for the 2010 Porsche Parade opens on Tuesday, March 9th 2010. All registrations entered on-line or postmarked before midnight Thursday March 11h will receive equal priority

In the unlikely event that your registration is not accepted, you will receive a full refund. In case of Parade over-subscription, the formula in the Region Procedures Manual will be used to determine entrants.

Everyone signing up for the Parade must pay an entrant fee of $149, which covers the entrant and co-entrant. Entrants and co-entrants must be PCA Members, but they need not be family or affiliate members. This fee pays for your admittance to all non-competitive events, registration materials, goodie bag, etc.

Paul, this isn't what the PCA autocross chair told me ealier today via email. He said you have to be a PCA member to participate in the autocross, but you do not have to register and be in the Parade in order to enter the autocross. Anybody with $30, a PCA membership, and a Porsche can autocross at the event according to him.

Paul · 02-09-2010, 06:10 PM

That is very different than the last 9 Parades I've attended, but the autocross chair is the best source of info.

jmatta · 02-10-2010, 07:10 AM

Keep in mind this is the very first "Parade" that National is managing...prior Parades where all up to the region to coordinate. There may be different rules applicable since National is calling the shots.

PlayersExpress · 02-10-2010, 11:42 AM

Im about 30 minutes from St. Charles and the resort... ive been there many many times for other events. If I have to register for the parade to be able to auto x Im not even going to bother to go probably.

I dont need to be in a car show, hell.. my car will come in somewhere near the bottom anyways because I actually drive the car how it was meant to be driving. She's not exactly showroom quality anymore and I dont need to pay $149 to show that to other people, Ill just pass them on the street.

Mike_Yi · 02-10-2010, 02:59 PM

Chicago Region is also doing a DE at Autobahn (full-course) on Friday. It's not part of the Parade, so it doesn't require you to be registered for the parade. If I can get Friday off, I will likely do the DE. If it's true that you don't have to register to do the auto-x, I'll do that too (assuming I'm off work).

Paul · 02-10-2010, 04:51 PM

Hi Paul,

Forgive me but I'm not sure what you mean by "participate" in the autocross. If you mean can you drive your car in the Parade autocross event without being registered for the Parade, the answer is no. However, if you are asking if you can be a volunteer worker at the autocross without registering for Parade, I believe the answer is yes.

Did that answer you question? If so, which case were asking about?

I hope to see you in St. Charles!

Cheers,
Henry
PCA Parade - Autox Chair

Paul · 02-10-2010, 05:53 PM

I believe the confusion occurred since "the show" and "the Parade" were not understood clearly.

The show is usually considered to be the Concours for which there is a fee to show your car and you must be registered for the Parade.

So you can run the autocross if you are registered for the Parade, but you do not have to do or pay for the "show".