PCA Chicago Region

The Chicago Region Porsche Club presents RADE, a novice driver school with an emphasis on safety, in Elkhart Lake, WI at Road America—one of the premier racetracks in the country. This program, held over the Memorial Day weekend, was developed to teach novice drivers 18+ the skills necessary to drive your Porsche car (Cayenne, Macan or other SUV’s, electric vehicles, and open-wheeled vehicles are not allowed) at its limits in a safe and controlled environment. All students will be provided an in-car instructor to show you the proper “line” around the track, teach how the principles of accel- and deceleration impact your vehicle, and help you learn car awareness on this 4-mile, 14-turn track.

All drivers who have not driven Road America previously should attend the valuable, novice driver’s Zoom orientation meeting on Tuesday, May 21st at 7p, featuring Dana Comolli, President/PCA National Instructor, and veteran Club Race drivers John Ruther and Greg Turek. Additional classroom sessions will be provided at the track on Friday and Saturday.

Registration for this event is exclusively at clubregistration.net where the price schedule is outlined—including premium rates for Early Birds, discounts for 2-driver cars, golf cart rental and an event long-sleeved t-shirt (may not be available if not confirmed prior to May 12^th). Online waivers are required for all participants. Your entry will not be not be confirmed if the e-waiver is not completed and payment is not made. Be sure to opt in for text communications to stay up to date with all event announcements.

Cancellations must be made via email to the event coordinator or registrar and will incur a nominal fee after April 3^rd. There will be no refunds after May 19^th or for no shows at the event due to the cost incurred by the club to rent the track to put on this event.

We recommend booking your hotel room as soon as possible as this is traditionally a very popular weekend in this resort town. Mention PCA Chicago if booking at the Osthoff Resort to receive the discounted block room rate. Siebken’s Resort and the Shore Club are also great options. Alternately, camping is offered through Road America’s website at https://roadamerica.tixonlinenow.com/trackrentalcamping/. Campers will incur an additional $100 fee per campsite to pay Road America security for overnight hours, not included in our contract.

INSTRUCTORS: To accommodate in-car instruction for novice drivers, please sign up as an instructor, if you are comfortable. Instructors will receive a non-transferable, non-divisible $100 promo-code for each day of instruction that can be used toward any other PCA Chicago event. Instructors will be notified at least a week prior if a student is assigned.

Registration/Tech Hours

Email questions to Cheryl Lehman Collier or Cliff Horn at roadamerica-de@pca-chicago.org.