Recent content by John Nesbitt

I have pulled together a short guide for drivers to the protest/appeals process. Protests are never fun, but they are sometimes your best option. They are not complex, but have some hard deadlines. The guide explains the process, and offers some tips on making the best use of the system...

The NEDiv Convention takes place Nov. 9-11, in Ithaca NY. On the Saturday (10th) morning, from 8am-10am, there will be an open forum with the NEDiv BOD members (Dick Patullo, John Walsh, Jerry Wannarka). In addition, Butch Kummer will be there to update you on the Majors and take your...

I have posted the 2012 edition of the Portable Driver’s Advisor. You can download it from here: http://driverinfo.johnnesbitt.com/ It should be available also on the SCCA website during the next week. There are various other resources available on the site. Some I have updated for 2012...

Let’s be honest. Most drivers don’t know, or much care about, the finer points of the GCR. Until it matters. And then it’s too late. Too often, I see folks confronted with situations where they don’t understand the process. They need good advice right now. Often, this is not available. And so...

The 2011 edition of the Portable Driver's Advisor is posted. It has some new material, changes to reflect the 2011 GCR, and some revisions for readability. You can find it on the SCCA website on the same page with the GCR: http://www.scca.com/contentpage.aspx?content=44

NEDiv Executive Steward, Earl Hurlbut, will be holding a series of town halls at events around the Division this year. See the announcement for details: http://www.nescca.com/nescca_main/stewards.html#townhall Earl is making an effort to open another channel of communications with the driver...

The GCR has a lot of stuff in it not normally used by drivers. The important bits are buried here and there. I have pulled together the rules which matter most in one small document. It fits on one page (duplex printing). You can find it here: http://driverinfo.johnnesbitt.com/ I...

In the next day or two, some of you will receive an email from SCCA inviting you to complete a survey about your experiences at NEDiv events this year. We shall use the results in designing the training program for NEDiv stewards. Your feedback is very important. We want to know what is...

At last week’s NEDiv convention, Executive Steward Earl Hurlbut announced that he would be attending many NEDiv events in 2011 and conducting Town Hall meetings. Everyone is welcome, but the meetings are aimed mainly at drivers. The format will be simple. Earl will usually have some...

I have posted the 2010 edition of the Portable Driver’s Advisor. It tracks the 2010 GCR. You can download it here: DriverInfo.JohnNesbitt.com. The collection of articles titled You and the GCR is also revised for the 2010 GCR. The GCR has been extensively reorganized for 2010. Many...

In response to requests, I combined all the articles in this series into a pdf (attached). Please download, print, circulate as you see fit.

[Editor's Note: the following is a series of articles written in the Summer of 2009 by John Nesbitt, describing many functions/features of the GCR, and how our Club Racing processes work. This series was originally done in seven different threads, but for the sake of clarity I have merged them...

I have posted the 2009 edition of the Portable Driver's Advisor. If you have not seen it already, it is a short guide to the bits of GCR and SCCA process of most interest to drivers. You can read, download, print it from: http://offtotheraces.net/PortableDriversAdvisor2009-1.pdf Please...