The 1st Annual Race Series Champion Shootout and the 15th Annual Skip Barber Karting Scholarship Shootout at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca are less than a week away. November 3-6, eight racers and twenty two karters will compete in Formula Skip Barber 2000 race cars for over $245,200in scholarships for the upcoming Skip Barber presents the Mazda Winter and Summer Series.
The winners will be added to an esteemed list of past Skip Barber Racing School scholarship winners including Ryan Hunter Reay, Michael Valiante, Bryan Sellars, AJ Allmendinger, Alexander Rossi, Spencer Pigotand many more.
Through a series of on and off track training modules, contestants will be judged on performance, presentation, improvement and much more.
Guest speakers include past and current racers Townsend Bell, Gerardo Bonilla, Derek Daly and Communications Officer of MAZDASPEED Motorsports, Dean Case. Celebrity judges include SPEED broadcaster Bob Varsha and long-time auto racing writer and broadcaster Jeremy Shaw.
Get the inside scoop on the action all week long on twitter at twitter.com/skipbarbernatl.
Click here to see the 2011 entry lists, including photos and small biographies of each racer and karter.
Schedule for the 2011 Skip Barber Race Series Champion Shootout and Karting Scholarship Shootout*Day 1, November 3rd – Karters Only8:00-8:30am Drivers Meeting9:00-11:50am Autocross activities, skidpad activities and Highway Safety Talk12:00-12:45pm Lunch1:00-2:00pm Seminar by Derek Daly2:10-5:00pm On track orientation, super cross activities, mock interviews5:15pm Drivers Meeting
Day 2, November 4th8:00-8:30am Drivers Meeting9:45-10:30am Media training with Bob Varsha and Jeremy Shaw10:45am-12:00pm Seminar by Gerardo Bonilla12:00-1:00pm Lunch1:00-1:15pm Drivers Meeting1:30pm-4:50pm All groups rotating on track sessions and feedback, interviews5:00pm Drivers Meeting
Day 3, November 5th8:15-8:45am Drivers Meeting9:00am-12:00pm All groups rotating on track sessions and feedback12:00-1:00pm Lunch1:00-4:10pm All groups rotating on track sessions and feedback4:20-4:50p Drivers Meeting
Day 4, November 6th8:00-8:45 Drivers Meeting9:00am-12:00pm All groups rotating on track sessions and feedback12:00-1:00pm Lunch1:30pm Drivers Meeting – Announce winners or Finalist Group (if necessary)1:45-2:15pm Finalist Group (if necessary)2:15-3:00pm Final Deliberation (if necessary)*Seminar by Townsend Bell time slot TBA
Race Series Champion Shootout prizes are courtesy of Skip Barber Racing School and MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development. Karting Scholarship Shootout prizes are courtesy of the FIA Motorsports Safety and Development Fund, Skip Barber Racing School and MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development.
About Skip Barber Racing SchoolFor 36 years, Skip Barber Racing School LLC, has been the leader in training motorsport legends of the future through entry-level, equal car championships. The athletes are given media exposure, expert coaching, on-track arrive-and-drive experience, financial awards and motorsport scholarships. Skip Barber Racing School launched the auto racing careers of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti, Scott Speed, Jeff Gordon, A.J. Allmendinger, Raphael Matos, Conor Daly, Spencer Pigot and many more.
