RE: Newbie drivers question that are still open
Sean, here are the answers I know so far:
>1) Will newbie drivers get dinged twice for a provisional
>license, $75 first for the Novice license, and another $75
>when we earn the 9 Coeffs in good standing to apply for the
>Provisional?
No, the Novice, Provisional, and Full licenses will be one price. Once you pay for the Novice license, there will be no additional cost to upgrade. (If the path from Novice to Full license takes longer than 1 year, there will be a separate license cost for each year).
That should also answer B).
>III) Is there a time limit on the rally driver training
>being applied? I have a 3-day O'Neil course under my belt
>but that was back in January. Does that expire in Feb '05?
>Or Jan '06 (the earliest I might hit the 9 Coeffs mark)?
There isn't a defined schedule as yet. If you have shown consistent progress (ie no long layoffs), you should be able to apply your O'Neil education, but this will ultimately be up to Rally America review.
>FORE!) Who's school qualifies as "...an approved SCCA**
>performance rally school"
No definitive list yet, but the following schools would meet the criteria in my eye.
Team O'Neil Car Control Center and Rally School
Bill Gwynne Rally School
Forest Experience Rally School
Left Foot Braking (Pentti Airikkala)
Call Rally America or contact licensing (at) rally-america (dot) com if you have a question about a specific school.
I don't speak for Rally America, but I do speak with them,
- Christian
PS: I liked your numbering schema.
Bjorn Christian Edstrom
www.christianedstrom.com