LuigiVampa

Exactly.

The medical committee said "we will accept a letter from your doctor" to which I responded "good, you already have it. it's called the medical form." They responded, in an email, that they know better than my doctor!

None of us members elected the medical committee, nor did we elect PCA legal, but they are the ones which stopped me from racing at LRP this past weekend.

It is also not looking good for me to attend the Watkins Glen race as the medical committee is sticking to their guns and saying that a DOT standard for truck drivers is correct for us drivers. This has to be one of the most extreme examples of confirmation bias I have ever come across! They look foolish.

If someone has diabetes and forgets to take their insulin within 6 - 12 hours they will suffer from, among other things, extreme exhaustion and blurry vision. I trust that my fellow drivers, who are diabetic, know the importance of taking their medication. I hope they trust me to use my CPAP device. PCA only trusts one group to keep up with their treatment but not the other. Please tell me how this makes sense?!

When a group of unelected people can make unilateral decisions that negatively affect us members than there is a serious problem with PCA.

As of today this issue has been lingering for 54 days yet PCA changed the 13/13 rule in a week. I feel like this is what I am dealing with (plus it is a cool movie) -

Veloce Raptor

Hey PCA: you look like ABSOLUTE MORONS

And you wonder why race attendance is declining. 🙄

ProCoach

What can be done about this?

Veloce Raptor

Stop renewing memberships and race licenses. Race elsewhere.

Manifold

Create a petition with a LOT of signatories, and send it the PCA Exec Committee. PCA currently has more than 2,000 licensed club racers. Get at least a few hundred to sign the petition.

Veloce Raptor

Do you really think that will make a difference? LOL

Manifold

It will if it implies there could be a big lack of attendance in club racing. Money talks.

Veloce Raptor

A fair point, but I think a much more effective approach would be to actually just follow through on that and stop attending. The message will be very very clear at that point.

Manifold

Best for PCA to just disband the medical committee and accept the signed form. The goal isn’t to reach that endpoint AND inflict financial damage to PCA.

Veloce Raptor

Well...that seems unlikely based on LV's update

LuigiVampa

I have been a huge supporter of PCA and PCA Club Racing for over ten years now. I am not trying to hurt PCA. PCA's failure to listen to members for many years now is the cause of the decline.

My issue is just one example of how tone deaf and anti-member PCA has become over the years. I hope they change, but making me miss my home club race while they ponder how to fix an obvious wrong, does not fill me with hope.

If they don't change, and they continue to lose drivers, they have no one to blame but themselves.

multi21

I don't know if anyone has proposed this solution, but instead of Swedish fish at race weekends, can PCA have an espresso cart available to all club racers? The barista can issue wristbands to each participate before they enter the track. Seems the most logical thing to do at this point.

Estoril

They would need to be sugarless Swedish Fish - to avoid triggering any latent medical condition.

LuigiVampa

Actually, the best solution is swedish fish AND espresso.

I bought this portable battery powered espresso maker recently and had it at VIR last month - https://outin.com/

It works with the little pods and is very convenient for personal use.

Estoril