[old worker]

From my perspective, this is the start to a "national" approach to HPDE. Some of the Clubs do a great job at training members within their reach / region. But the high demand for instructors leads to " coining " of students that may be good on track but lack the education / understandings to teach. Frankly they are fast, but have limited understanding of track design and track operations. These coined instructors end up instructing at our club events because event chairs have to beg for help to make enough money to fund operations. I think Ross has always suggested we needed common terms & practices as a baseline for building instructor training programs. With hobby driving at HPDE growing, average cars getting faster, nannies, more tracks and instructor shortages a national base line is needed. Many of you remember that HPDE was influenced by club racers, some of you were there! Those racers had a different understanding of high speed driving. HPDE has changed....we just need to keep changing with the new demands. One of the major needs.... open dialog on a every subject?
Club racing has enjoyed influence and guidance from other national club racing programs. I don't see where a national monitor would have a negative effect on HPDE. Might be time?
Yes I too dislike worthless rules .... but I dislike a select group withholding information from those that might benefit from it, more!
Disclaimer: ..... I hung up my communicators a few years ago. Only left seat for me.