The two niche gatherings were members only, but the Round Table was open to all, as will be the Safety Seminar.
JEFF HAMMOND was again the Round Table Moderator, although some thought he also was a panelist because he talked so much. Subjects included how far motorsports safety has come both professionally and at the grass roots level and what’s yet to be accomplished; reaching out to more of the public, while keeping the existing fans, and cost containment vs development. The panelists were:
SCOOTER BROTHERS, Director of R&D and part-owner of Competition CAMS and organizer of the AETC and Chairman of SEMA
GILL CAMPBELL, CEO/General Manager Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and presenter at the Owners & Operators Convention
BRIAN CARTER, CEO World Racing Group
GRAY GARRISON, promoter for Bowman Gray Stadium
DENNIS HUTH, President ASA
ROBIN MILLER, SPEED TV and veteran motorsports journalist
HUGH SCULLY, MD. ICMS Chairman, Surgeon and Canadian FIA F1 Medical Delegate, and presenter at this week’s ICMS Symposium,
CARL WEGNER, founder of Wegner Motorsports and oval track race engine builder
RAY WILKINS, General Manager of NHRA’s Atlanta Dragway, launched Irwindale Speedway and ran Saugus Speedway.
Friday’s “Racing Goes Safer” is a day-long seminar, Moderated by Don Taylor, formerly of NHRA. The list of Safety Expert Lecturers include
ED BECKER – Snell Foundation
GERALD BONNET – Stand 21 R&D Department
DR. JACQUES DALLAIRE
TOM GIDEON – NASCAR Director, Safety, Research & Development
DR. HUBERT GRAMLING – FIA Institute Research Engineer
DR. JOHN MELVIN
DR. PAUL TRAFFORD of the UK – FIA Institute’s Medical Advisor
DR. TERRY TRAMMEL
Bring your warm coats and gloves Thursday night for the Kart Fight. I can’t remember all the All-Star driver’s names PRI PR JOHN PROCIDA recited to me today, but here are a few including seven from IndyCar:
A.J. ALLMENDINGER – NASCAR
TOWNSEND BELL
RYAN BRISCOE
TANNER FAUST – X Games
JAN HEYLEN
JAY HOWARD
JAMES JAKES
ARIE LUYENDYK Jr
OZ NEGRI – Grand-Am
MARTIN PLOWMAN
ALAN RUDOLPH
KYLE SARASIN
ALEX TAGLIANI
E.J. VISO
The upcoming stars in the Karters Division
HUNTER ARMSTRONG
KEVIN BARBESINO
SAM BEASLEY
CHAD BRASSFIELD
GARY CARLTON, factor driver for Zanardi Kart in Europe
SAM CHASTAIN
GABBY CHAVES
JORGE CEVALLOS
SABRE COOK
CONOR DALY-Formula 3 and Indy Lights
MARCO DI LEO
JACOB DUVALL
BRIAN FISHER
DAVID FORE – five-time KZ1 World Champion
DANIEL FORMAL
KEITH HARRIS
MIKE JONES
AUSTIN KING
BAS LAMMERS – 2010 KZ1 World Champion
DANIEL LANGON
NICK LANDI
JESSE LAZARE
MICHAEL LEWIS of CA, Finalist in the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy, now racing Formula 3 Italia and successfully tested Ferrari F1
DARCY MAROTTA
JOEL MILLER-Indy Lights
NICK NERI
JOSEF NEWGARDEN-2011 Indy Lights Champion
LOUIE PAGANO
THIAGO PARAZINHO
MARK PELLEGRINI
HUBERT SILVA
JONATHAN THONON – 2011 KZ1 World Champion
JOHN WEST
COLE WHITT – Red Bull Athlete and NASCAR Camping World Trucks
ANDRICK ZEEN
Lots of things to see and do.